Thalmann Katharina
Thalmann Katharina - The Stigmatization Of Conspiracy Theory Since The 1950s " A Plot To Make Us Look Foolish" - Paperback
Thalmann Katharina - The Stigmatization Of Conspiracy Theory Since The 1950s " A Plot To Make Us Look Foolish" - Paperback
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Description: Are conspiracy theories everywhere and is everyone a conspiracy theorist? This ground - breaking study challenges some of the widely shared assessments in the scholarship about a perceived mainstreaming of conspiracy theory. It claims that conspiracy theory underwent a significant shift in status in the mid - 20th century and has since then become highly visible as an object of concern in public debates. Providing an in - depth analysis of academic and media discourses Katharina Thalmann is the first scholar to systematically trace the history and process of the delegitimization of conspiracy theory. By reading a wide range of conspiracist accounts about three central events in American history from the 1950s to 1970s the Great Red Scare the Kennedy assassination and the Watergate scandal Thalmann shows that a veritable conspiracist subculture emerged in the 1970s as conspiracy theories were pushed out of the legitimate marketplace of ideas and conspiracy theory became a commodity not unlike pornography: alluring in its illegitimacy commonsensical and highly profitable. This will be of interest to scholars and researchers interested in American history culture and subcultures as well of course to those fascinated by conspiracies.
Title: The Stigmatization Of Conspiracy Theory Since The 1950s " A Plot To Make Us Look Foolish"
Author(s): Thalmann Katharina
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138346819
Pages: 214 Pages, 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 9 Halftones, Black And White; 10 Illustrations, Black A
Publication Date: 3/5/2019
Series: Conspiracy Theories
Category: Political Science & Theory
Description: Are conspiracy theories everywhere and is everyone a conspiracy theorist? This ground - breaking study challenges some of the widely shared assessments in the scholarship about a perceived mainstreaming of conspiracy theory. It claims that conspiracy theory underwent a significant shift in status in the mid - 20th century and has since then become highly visible as an object of concern in public debates. Providing an in - depth analysis of academic and media discourses Katharina Thalmann is the first scholar to systematically trace the history and process of the delegitimization of conspiracy theory. By reading a wide range of conspiracist accounts about three central events in American history from the 1950s to 1970s the Great Red Scare the Kennedy assassination and the Watergate scandal Thalmann shows that a veritable conspiracist subculture emerged in the 1970s as conspiracy theories were pushed out of the legitimate marketplace of ideas and conspiracy theory became a commodity not unlike pornography: alluring in its illegitimacy commonsensical and highly profitable. This will be of interest to scholars and researchers interested in American history culture and subcultures as well of course to those fascinated by conspiracies.
Title: The Stigmatization Of Conspiracy Theory Since The 1950s " A Plot To Make Us Look Foolish"
Author(s): Thalmann Katharina
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138346819
Pages: 214 Pages, 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 9 Halftones, Black And White; 10 Illustrations, Black A
Publication Date: 3/5/2019
Series: Conspiracy Theories
Category: Political Science & Theory
