Conspiracy theories
By: Mark Fenster.
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780816654932; 9780816654949
Subjects: Conspiracies -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : We're all conspiracy theorists now.; title: I. Conspiracy as politics. 1. Theorizing conspiracy politics : the problem of the "paranoid style". 2. When the senator met the commander : from pathology to populism.; title: II. Conspiracy as cultural practice. 3. Finding the plot : conspiracy theory as interpretation. 4. Uncovering the plot : conspiracy theory as narrative. 5. Plotting the rush : conspiracy, community, and play.; title: III. Conspiracy communities. 6. The prophetic plot : millennialism and Christian conspiracy theory. 7. A failure of imagination : competing narratives of 9/11 truth.; title: Afterword : Conspiracy theory, cultural studies, and the trouble with populism.