| Description |
442 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Conspiracy theories and conspiracism -- The invention of conspiracy theory: the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati -- Conspiracism takes shape in the United States -- Preconditions for modern conspiracism: Jewish assimilation, premillennialism, and Aryan occultism -- The international Jewish conspiracy and the secret government -- The emergence of the hidden hand -- The rise and fall of the hidden hand -- From neo-Nazi to white supremacist conspiracism -- The emergence of the new world order -- The conspiracy of personal destruction -- The planners take over -- Pan-ideological conspiracy theories: denialism and cover-up -- Conspiracism proliferates: some anomalies -- Christian identity and the white race -- The government conspiracy against "us" -- Conspiracism rebounds: truthers, birthers, and the new militias -- Conspiracism enters the mainstream -- The attack on science -- Democracy and civil society. |
| Subject |
Conspiracy theories.
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History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
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Conspiracy theories. (OCoLC)fst01748943
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History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
(OCoLC)fst00958250
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| Added Title |
How delusions have overrun America |
| ISBN |
9780226585765 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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022658576X (paperback alkaline paper) |
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8022658593 (electronic book) |
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