Conspiracy/Theory
Masco, Joseph
Conspiracy/Theory - Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 - vii, 504 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conspiracy/Theory, edited by Joseph Masco and Lisa Wedeen, examines the proliferation of conspiracy theories across the globe, demonstrating across historical periods and state projects the vital place of speculation in making and evaluating collective conditions. The essays explore the genealogical and theoretical overlaps between "conspiracy" and "critical theory," moving beyond a US focus to think in multi-sited and implicitly comparative ways about the conspiracy theories in circulation today. The volume's four sections address central theoretical issues such as knowledge production, community formation, political violence, social control, democracy, and the meaning of engaging in theoretically informed scholarship.
9781478025559
Complot
Conspiracy theories
Critical theory
Anthropology
Cultural and Social
Truthfulness and falsehood
001.98 / MAS
Conspiracy/Theory - Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 - vii, 504 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conspiracy/Theory, edited by Joseph Masco and Lisa Wedeen, examines the proliferation of conspiracy theories across the globe, demonstrating across historical periods and state projects the vital place of speculation in making and evaluating collective conditions. The essays explore the genealogical and theoretical overlaps between "conspiracy" and "critical theory," moving beyond a US focus to think in multi-sited and implicitly comparative ways about the conspiracy theories in circulation today. The volume's four sections address central theoretical issues such as knowledge production, community formation, political violence, social control, democracy, and the meaning of engaging in theoretically informed scholarship.
9781478025559
Complot
Conspiracy theories
Critical theory
Anthropology
Cultural and Social
Truthfulness and falsehood
001.98 / MAS