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Conspiracies of conspiracies : how delusions have overrun America, Thomas Milan Konda

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Summary
"It’s tempting to think that we live in an unprecedentedly fertile age for conspiracy theories, with seemingly each churn of the news cycle bringing fresh manifestations of large-scale paranoia. But the sad fact is that these narratives of suspicion—and the delusional psychologies that fuel them—have been a constant presence in American life for nearly as long as there’s been an America. In this sweeping book, Thomas Milan Konda traces the country’s obsession with conspiratorial thought from the early days of the republic to our own anxious moment. Conspiracies of Conspiracies details centuries of sinister speculations—from antisemitism and anti-Catholicism to UFOs and reptilian humanoids—and their often incendiary outcomes. Rather than simply rehashing the surface eccentricities of such theories, Konda draws from his unprecedented assemblage of conspiratorial writing to crack open the mindsets that lead people toward these self-sealing worlds of denial. What is distinctively American about these theories, he argues, is not simply our country’s homegrown obsession with them but their ongoing prevalence and virulence. Konda proves that conspiracy theories are no harmless sideshow. They are instead the dark and secret heart of American political history—one that is poisoning the bloodstream of an increasingly sick body politic."--Amazon.com
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
442 pages
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Contents
  • From neo-Nazi to white supremacist conspiracism
  • The emergence of the new world order
  • The conspiracy of personal destruction
  • The planners take over
  • Pan-ideological conspiracy theories: denialism and cover-up
  • Conspiracism proliferates: some anomalies
  • Christian identity and the white race
  • The government conspiracy against "us"
  • Conspiracism rebounds: truthers, birthers, and the new militias
  • Conspiracism enters the mainstream
  • Introduction.
  • The attack on science
  • Democracy and civil society
  • Conspiracy theories and conspiracism
  • The invention of conspiracy theory: the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati
  • Conspiracism takes shape in the United States
  • Preconditions for modern conspiracism: Jewish assimilation, premillennialism, and Aryan occultism
  • The international Jewish conspiracy and the secret government
  • The emergence of the hidden hand
  • The rise and fall of the hidden hand
Isbn
9780226585765
Instance
Label
Conspiracies of conspiracies : how delusions have overrun America
Title
Conspiracies of conspiracies
Title remainder
how delusions have overrun America
Statement of responsibility
Thomas Milan Konda
Title variation
How delusions have overrun America
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"It’s tempting to think that we live in an unprecedentedly fertile age for conspiracy theories, with seemingly each churn of the news cycle bringing fresh manifestations of large-scale paranoia. But the sad fact is that these narratives of suspicion—and the delusional psychologies that fuel them—have been a constant presence in American life for nearly as long as there’s been an America. In this sweeping book, Thomas Milan Konda traces the country’s obsession with conspiratorial thought from the early days of the republic to our own anxious moment. Conspiracies of Conspiracies details centuries of sinister speculations—from antisemitism and anti-Catholicism to UFOs and reptilian humanoids—and their often incendiary outcomes. Rather than simply rehashing the surface eccentricities of such theories, Konda draws from his unprecedented assemblage of conspiratorial writing to crack open the mindsets that lead people toward these self-sealing worlds of denial. What is distinctively American about these theories, he argues, is not simply our country’s homegrown obsession with them but their ongoing prevalence and virulence. Konda proves that conspiracy theories are no harmless sideshow. They are instead the dark and secret heart of American political history—one that is poisoning the bloodstream of an increasingly sick body politic."--Amazon.com
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Konda, Thomas Milan
Dewey number
001.9
Index
index present
LC call number
AZ999
LC item number
.K65 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Conspiracy theories
  • History
Label
Conspiracies of conspiracies : how delusions have overrun America, Thomas Milan Konda
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • From neo-Nazi to white supremacist conspiracism
  • The emergence of the new world order
  • The conspiracy of personal destruction
  • The planners take over
  • Pan-ideological conspiracy theories: denialism and cover-up
  • Conspiracism proliferates: some anomalies
  • Christian identity and the white race
  • The government conspiracy against "us"
  • Conspiracism rebounds: truthers, birthers, and the new militias
  • Conspiracism enters the mainstream
  • Introduction.
  • The attack on science
  • Democracy and civil society
  • Conspiracy theories and conspiracism
  • The invention of conspiracy theory: the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati
  • Conspiracism takes shape in the United States
  • Preconditions for modern conspiracism: Jewish assimilation, premillennialism, and Aryan occultism
  • The international Jewish conspiracy and the secret government
  • The emergence of the hidden hand
  • The rise and fall of the hidden hand
Control code
on1048071976
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
442 pages
Isbn
9780226585765
Lccn
2018034310
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1048071976
Label
Conspiracies of conspiracies : how delusions have overrun America, Thomas Milan Konda
Publication
Copyright
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • From neo-Nazi to white supremacist conspiracism
  • The emergence of the new world order
  • The conspiracy of personal destruction
  • The planners take over
  • Pan-ideological conspiracy theories: denialism and cover-up
  • Conspiracism proliferates: some anomalies
  • Christian identity and the white race
  • The government conspiracy against "us"
  • Conspiracism rebounds: truthers, birthers, and the new militias
  • Conspiracism enters the mainstream
  • Introduction.
  • The attack on science
  • Democracy and civil society
  • Conspiracy theories and conspiracism
  • The invention of conspiracy theory: the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati
  • Conspiracism takes shape in the United States
  • Preconditions for modern conspiracism: Jewish assimilation, premillennialism, and Aryan occultism
  • The international Jewish conspiracy and the secret government
  • The emergence of the hidden hand
  • The rise and fall of the hidden hand
Control code
on1048071976
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
442 pages
Isbn
9780226585765
Lccn
2018034310
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1048071976

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