Conspiracy Theories : Secrecy and Power in American Culture.
Title:
Conspiracy Theories : Secrecy and Power in American Culture.
Author:
Fenster, Mark.
ISBN:
9780816689736
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (314 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Conspiracy Theory as Political Ideology -- 1. Richard Hofstadter and "The Paranoid Style" -- 2. John Doe #2 Goes to Washington: Militias, Pathology, and Discipline -- 3. Conspiracy Theory and Populism -- Part II. Uncovering the Plot of Conspiracy -- 4. The Clinton Chronicles: Conspiracy Theory as Interpretation -- 5. JFK, The X-Files, and Beyond: Conspiracy Theory as Narrative -- Part III. Conspiracy in Everyday Life -- 6. Millennialism and Christian Conspiracy Theory -- 7. The Conspiracy "Community" -- 8. Conspiracy Theory as Play -- Afterword: Conspiracy Theory and Cultural Studies -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Abstract:
JFK, Karl Marx, the Pope, Aristotle Onassis, Queen Elizabeth II, Howard Hughes, Fox Mulder, Bill Clinton-all have been linked to vastly complicated global (or even galactic) intrigues. In his enlightening tour of conspiracy theories, Mark Fenster guides readers through this shadowy world and analyzes its complex role in American culture and politics. To that end, he discusses Richard Hofstadter's The Paranoid Style in American Politics, the militia movement, The X-Files, popular Christian apocalyptic thought, and such artifacts of suspicion as The Turner Diaries, the Illuminatus! trilogy and the novels of Richard Condon.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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