J. Byford

Conspiracy Theories (eBook, PDF)

A Critical Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Through a series of specific questions that cut to the core of conspiracism as a global social and cultural phenomenon this book deconstructs the logic and rhetoric of conspiracy theories and analyses the broader social and psychological factors that contribute to their persistence in modern society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230349216
• Artikelnr.: 45971918

Autorenporträt

JOVAN BYFORD is Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Denial and Repression of Antisemitism: Post-Communist Remembrance of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovi? (2008) and Conspiracy Theory: Serbia v. the New World Order (2006, in Serbian).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Towards a Definition of Conspiracy Theories Conspiracy Theories and Their Vicissitudes Anatomy of the Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy Theory and Antisemitism Psychology and Conspiracy Theory Conclusion References Index