This book examines conspiracy theories and the narratives constructed by those who believe and propagate them, providing a unique view of U.S. history and highlighting fears both founded and unfounded.
Adorno, Theodor W., Else Frenkel-Brunswick, Daniel J. Levinson, and R. Nevitt Sanford. The Authoritarian Personality. New York: Harper, 1950. ... Bronstein, Michael V., Gordon Pennycook, Adam Bear, David G. Rand, and Tyrone D. Cannon.
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! ...
Is the food industry colluding to make us addicted to sugar? You’ll discover startling evidence on these topics and many more in this compelling compendium of the world’s scariest and wackiest conspiracy theories.
Other philosophers have argued that conspiracy theories do not deserve their bad reputation, and that conspiracy theorists do not deserve their reputation for irrationality. This book represents both sides of this important debate.
The Holocaust is a myth promoted to serve Jewish interests. The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a false flag operation. Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese government. These are all conspiracy theories.
This is why conspiracy theories cannot be eradicated either through the creation of a more transparent government, or through any conventional means of persuasion or 'cognitive infiltration'. The latter strategy in particular ...
This book details 20 top conspiracy theories, going briefly into their history, the beliefs surrounding them, and the reasons for them.
Where did the Coronavirus outbreak originate and was the pandemic predicted? Did aliens help to build the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza, and what were they trying to...
What is the REAL purpose of Area 51? Was 9/11 a cover up for something more sinister? These are just some of the conspiracy theories that we cover in this book, plus many more, even some that you may never have heard of.
First published in 1998 as The A-Z of conspiracy theories.
My coughing fit brought about by my own advanced dementia must have confused me again. Conspiracy theories have been around a long time, but thanks to new technologies and decline of trustin institutions, it's getting worse.
Other philosophers have argued that conspiracy theories do not deserve their bad reputation, and that conspiracy theorists do not deserve their reputation for irrationality. This book represents both sides of this important debate.
The Holocaust is a myth promoted to serve Jewish interests. The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a false flag operation. Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese government. These are all conspiracy theories.
A different take on the world of conspiracy theories, ridiculing those that truly deserve it and examining those that don't.
Other very good conspiracy movies that fall into this territory include Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor (1975) and the only movie, in my view, that is at the level of Pakula's, John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate ...
The second edition, updated throughout and now including Covid-19 and the 2020 presidential election and aftermath, introduces students to the research into conspiracy theories and the people who propagate and believe them.
This book has 20+ conspiracy theories that all get to the bottom of what really happened. Don't trust the mass media?
Jamie King. Eiffel. Tower. History. would have us believe that the Eiffel Tower, the archetypal symbol of Paris, was the brainchild of Burgundian Gustave Eiffel, and that it was built as an exhibition showpiece. It is kept quiet, with just ...
This book examines conspiracy theories and the narratives constructed by those who believe and propagate them, providing a unique view of U.S. history and highlighting fears both founded and unfounded.