{"product_id":"conspiracy-nation-the-politics-of-paranoia-in-postwar-america-paperback","title":"Conspiracy Nation: The Politics of Paranoia in Postwar America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Knight\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intriguing interrogation of America's long-running obsession with conspiracy theories \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy are Americans today so fascinated by Area 51? How did rumors that the AIDS virus originated as a weapon of biowarfare emerge? Why does the Kennedy assassination provoke heated debate over fifty years after the fact, and why did Donald Trump's birther theories only serve to increase his popularity with voters? The origins of these ideas reveal important facets of American culture and politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlacing conspiracy thinking at the center of American history, and challenging the knee-jerk dismissal of conspiratorial thought as deluded and often dangerous, \u003ci\u003eConspiracy Nation\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wide-ranging survey of conspiracy theories in contemporary America. In the 19th century, inflammatory rhetoric about slave revolts, the well-publicized specter of the black rapist, and the formation of the Ku Klux Klan all worked as conspiracy theories to legitimate an emerging sense of national consciousness based on an ideology of white supremacy - one that still persists today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn our contemporary world, panicked responses to increasing multiculturalism and globalization yield new notions of victimhood and new theories about conspiratorial plans for global domination. Offering up a provocative array of examples, ranging from alien abduction to the novels of DeLillo and Pynchon to Tupac Shakur's paranoid style, \u003ci\u003eConspiracy Nation \u003c\/i\u003edocuments and unearths the workings of conspiracy in the contemporary moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: Clare Birchall, Jack Bratich, Bridget Brown, Jodi Dean, Ingrid Walker Fields, Douglas Kellner, Peter Knight, Fran Mason, John A. McClure, Timothy Melley, Eithne Quinn, and Skip Willman\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.06 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450412384434,"sku":"9780814747360","price":61.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2497e965e8d23a2d208c8bdc63720f87.webp?v=1778784705","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/conspiracy-nation-the-politics-of-paranoia-in-postwar-america-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}