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PARANOIA WITHIN REASON
A CASEBOOK ON CONSPIRACY AS EXPLANATION |
| By: |
George E. Marcus (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226504581 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226504582 |
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| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 February, 1999 |
| Series: |
Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Volume 6 |
| Pages: |
454 |
| Description: |
This text examines conspiracy theories and tackles paranoia as a style of debate within science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment. A conspiracy theory emerges as a way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of the changes that undermine them. |
| Synopsis: |
Like the McCarthy era of the 1950s, there is a strong current of paranoid social thought at the end of the 20th century. Conspiracy theories abound, not only in extremist ideologies and groups, but in commerce, science, and economics-arenas where a paranoid style is least expected. A curiosity about paranoia at its most reasonable is at the root of this volume. Some pieces develop conversations that reveal the post-Cold War situations of countries such as Italy, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States where conspiratorial explanations of national dramas seem to make sense. Other pieces tackle paranoia as a style of debate in such diverse realms as science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment, where conspiracy theories emerge as a compelling way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of immense changes that undermine them. |
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14 halftones, 1 map |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
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