Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories
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Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon to date. It analyses conspiracy theories from a variety of perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
It maps out the key debates, and includes chapters on the historical origins of conspiracy theories, as well as their political significance in a broad range of countries and regions. Other chapters consider the psychology and the sociology of conspiracy beliefs, in addition to their changing cultural forms, functions and modes of transmission. This handbook examines where conspiracy theories come from, who believes in them and what their consequences are.
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- Taylor & Francis
- 9780429840586
- 9780815361749
- ePub
- 1
- Michael Butter; ā€ˇPeter Knight
- English
- 2020-02-17
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- General introduction
- Section 1 Definitions and approaches
- Introduction
- 1 Conceptual history and conspiracy theory
- 2 Conspiracy theory in historical, cultural and literary studies
- 3 Semiotic approaches to conspiracy theories
- 4 Philosophy and conspiracy theories
- 5 Psychoanalysis, critical theory and conspiracy theory
- 6 Conspiracy theory as occult cosmology in anthropology
- 7 Sociology, social theory and conspiracy theory
- 8 Conspiracy theories in political science and political theory
- 9 Social psychology of conspiracy theories
- 10 Social network analysis, social big data and conspiracy theories
- Section 2 Psychological factors
- Introduction
- 1 Personality traits, cognitive styles and worldviews associated with beliefs in conspiracy theories
- 2 Social-cognitive processes underlying belief in conspiracy theories
- 3 Motivations, emotions and belief in conspiracy theories
- 4 Conspiracy beliefs as psycho-political reactions to perceived power
- 5 How conspiracy theories spread
- 6 Conspiracy theories and intergroup relations
- 7 Consequences of conspiracy theories
- 8 Countering conspiracy theories and misinformation
- Section 3 Society and politics
- Introduction
- 1 Who are the conspiracy theorists? Demographics and conspiracy theories
- 2 Conspiracy theory entrepreneurs, movements and individuals
- 3 Conspiracy theories and gender and sexuality
- 4 Conspiracy theories, political ideology and political behaviour
- 5 Functions and uses of conspiracy theories in authoritarian regimes
- 6 Conspiracy theory and populism
- 7 Radicalisation and conspiracy theories
- 8 Antisemitism and conspiracism
- 9 Conspiracy theory and religion
- Section 4 Media and transmission
- Introduction
- 1 Rumours, urban legends and the verbal transmission of conspiracy theories
- 2 Conspiracy theorising and the history of media in the eighteenth century
- 3 Genres of conspiracy in nineteenth-century British writing
- 4 Conspiracy in American narrative
- 5 Conspiracy theories and visual culture
- 6 Conspiracy theories in films and television shows
- 7 Decoding mass media/encoding conspiracy theory
- 8 The Internet and the spread of conspiracy content
- 9 Networked disinformation and the lifecycle of online conspiracy theories
- 10 Conspiracy theories and fake news
- Section 5 Histories and regions
- Introduction
- 1 Conspiracy theories in the Roman Empire
- 2 Conspiracy theories in the Middle Ages and the early modern period
- 3 Freemasons, Illuminati and Jews: Conspiracy theories and the French Revolution
- 4 Conspiracy theories in Europe during the twentieth century
- 5 Conspiracy theories in Putin’s Russia: The case of the ‘New World Order’
- 6 Conspiracy theories in and about the Balkans
- 7 Conspiracy theories in Turkey
- 8 Conspiracy theories in the Middle East
- 9 Conspiracy theories in Southeast Asia
- 10 Conspiracy theories in American history
- 11 Populism and conspiracy theory in Latin America: A case study of Venezuela
- Index