Author: Arnold Sarnel
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643509128
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In the midseventies, Sarnel had a brush with death and vowed whatever put him on that stretcher, he would whip-and omen in disguise! In one year, he lost all his weight, quit smoking, and became a social drinker. After that experience, Sarnel decided to write a book on health and happiness. The only clue he had was the cryptic phrase: "I know it is wrong for me, but I am doing it anyway." After speaking to over thirty thousand customers about their eating, drinking, and smoking problems, Sarnel put together an informative, inspirational, and educational book you won't put down. It is more of a testament or road map to better health and physical fitness. Sarnel uncovers the tobacco, alcohol, and "junk food" conspiracies to get millions of people addicted to tobacco, alcohol, and junk foods. The reader will realize he/she has been victimized by the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies with propaganda and conspiracies. He sheds light about the superstitions of the dark age thinking to modern-age thinking. Sarnel goes into modern-day fallacies/myths regarding food, tobacco, and alcohol. He writes about symbolic traditions and the pros and cons regarding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. The reader will find the folklore traps: birthdays, anniversaries, Mother's/Father's Day, Valentine's Day could be as heartrending and disenchanting traps people can fall into. Sarnel saved the deadliest trap for last: the media fallacy trap. People trappers always need some kind of bait to entice, lure, or tempt their prey/victims into their traps. Their bait could be greed, gluttony, or lust, to name a few; they are the go-between for the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies: the dictators. After the reader reads this, he/she could feel like the patsy to the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies. The best is yet to come. You beating the dictators! Sarnel unveils the cheap excuses, which are nothing more than cheap alibis, people use regarding their habits. The reader will realize excuses/alibis lead to rationalities, justification, and denial. (When the reader realizes his/her failures and mistakes, then they are ready to declare war on their eating, drinking, and smoking habits.) Sarnel will excite the reader's imagination seeing themselves being their normal weight, smoke free, and a social drinker. Sarnel shares having a campaign against the reader's self-destructive excuses that they will use regarding the eating, drinking, or smoking problems. He guides the reader through their self-destructive smoking, eating, and drinking problems. He educates the reader with warning signs/symptoms of eating, smoking, and drinking, and with laws and their campaign to destroy their self-destructive habits. Sarnel goes into shattering the conspiracy and breaking the comfort Zones," Sarnel gives a step-by-step in winning the war on your eating, drinking, and smoking problems. He also shares cooking techniques to better health and fitness. He goes into eating traps and the "All American plague." He ends with the reason why people use that deadly phase, "I know it is wrong for me, but I am doing it anyway." (If you want to know more about Sarnel, go to knowyourdestiny.info.
American Traps and Conspiracies
Author: Arnold Sarnel
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643509128
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In the midseventies, Sarnel had a brush with death and vowed whatever put him on that stretcher, he would whip-and omen in disguise! In one year, he lost all his weight, quit smoking, and became a social drinker. After that experience, Sarnel decided to write a book on health and happiness. The only clue he had was the cryptic phrase: "I know it is wrong for me, but I am doing it anyway." After speaking to over thirty thousand customers about their eating, drinking, and smoking problems, Sarnel put together an informative, inspirational, and educational book you won't put down. It is more of a testament or road map to better health and physical fitness. Sarnel uncovers the tobacco, alcohol, and "junk food" conspiracies to get millions of people addicted to tobacco, alcohol, and junk foods. The reader will realize he/she has been victimized by the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies with propaganda and conspiracies. He sheds light about the superstitions of the dark age thinking to modern-age thinking. Sarnel goes into modern-day fallacies/myths regarding food, tobacco, and alcohol. He writes about symbolic traditions and the pros and cons regarding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. The reader will find the folklore traps: birthdays, anniversaries, Mother's/Father's Day, Valentine's Day could be as heartrending and disenchanting traps people can fall into. Sarnel saved the deadliest trap for last: the media fallacy trap. People trappers always need some kind of bait to entice, lure, or tempt their prey/victims into their traps. Their bait could be greed, gluttony, or lust, to name a few; they are the go-between for the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies: the dictators. After the reader reads this, he/she could feel like the patsy to the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies. The best is yet to come. You beating the dictators! Sarnel unveils the cheap excuses, which are nothing more than cheap alibis, people use regarding their habits. The reader will realize excuses/alibis lead to rationalities, justification, and denial. (When the reader realizes his/her failures and mistakes, then they are ready to declare war on their eating, drinking, and smoking habits.) Sarnel will excite the reader's imagination seeing themselves being their normal weight, smoke free, and a social drinker. Sarnel shares having a campaign against the reader's self-destructive excuses that they will use regarding the eating, drinking, or smoking problems. He guides the reader through their self-destructive smoking, eating, and drinking problems. He educates the reader with warning signs/symptoms of eating, smoking, and drinking, and with laws and their campaign to destroy their self-destructive habits. Sarnel goes into shattering the conspiracy and breaking the comfort Zones," Sarnel gives a step-by-step in winning the war on your eating, drinking, and smoking problems. He also shares cooking techniques to better health and fitness. He goes into eating traps and the "All American plague." He ends with the reason why people use that deadly phase, "I know it is wrong for me, but I am doing it anyway." (If you want to know more about Sarnel, go to knowyourdestiny.info.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643509128
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In the midseventies, Sarnel had a brush with death and vowed whatever put him on that stretcher, he would whip-and omen in disguise! In one year, he lost all his weight, quit smoking, and became a social drinker. After that experience, Sarnel decided to write a book on health and happiness. The only clue he had was the cryptic phrase: "I know it is wrong for me, but I am doing it anyway." After speaking to over thirty thousand customers about their eating, drinking, and smoking problems, Sarnel put together an informative, inspirational, and educational book you won't put down. It is more of a testament or road map to better health and physical fitness. Sarnel uncovers the tobacco, alcohol, and "junk food" conspiracies to get millions of people addicted to tobacco, alcohol, and junk foods. The reader will realize he/she has been victimized by the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies with propaganda and conspiracies. He sheds light about the superstitions of the dark age thinking to modern-age thinking. Sarnel goes into modern-day fallacies/myths regarding food, tobacco, and alcohol. He writes about symbolic traditions and the pros and cons regarding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. The reader will find the folklore traps: birthdays, anniversaries, Mother's/Father's Day, Valentine's Day could be as heartrending and disenchanting traps people can fall into. Sarnel saved the deadliest trap for last: the media fallacy trap. People trappers always need some kind of bait to entice, lure, or tempt their prey/victims into their traps. Their bait could be greed, gluttony, or lust, to name a few; they are the go-between for the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies: the dictators. After the reader reads this, he/she could feel like the patsy to the alcohol, tobacco, and junk food companies. The best is yet to come. You beating the dictators! Sarnel unveils the cheap excuses, which are nothing more than cheap alibis, people use regarding their habits. The reader will realize excuses/alibis lead to rationalities, justification, and denial. (When the reader realizes his/her failures and mistakes, then they are ready to declare war on their eating, drinking, and smoking habits.) Sarnel will excite the reader's imagination seeing themselves being their normal weight, smoke free, and a social drinker. Sarnel shares having a campaign against the reader's self-destructive excuses that they will use regarding the eating, drinking, or smoking problems. He guides the reader through their self-destructive smoking, eating, and drinking problems. He educates the reader with warning signs/symptoms of eating, smoking, and drinking, and with laws and their campaign to destroy their self-destructive habits. Sarnel goes into shattering the conspiracy and breaking the comfort Zones," Sarnel gives a step-by-step in winning the war on your eating, drinking, and smoking problems. He also shares cooking techniques to better health and fitness. He goes into eating traps and the "All American plague." He ends with the reason why people use that deadly phase, "I know it is wrong for me, but I am doing it anyway." (If you want to know more about Sarnel, go to knowyourdestiny.info.
American Conspiracy Theories
Author: Joseph E. Uscinski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199351821
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs such as government involvement in the Kennedy assassination or alien activity at Roswell, fears of a powerful infiltrating group such as the Illuminati, Jews, Catholics, or communists, or modern fringe movements of varying popularity such as birtherism and trutherism. What is it in American culture that makes conspiracy theories proliferate? Who is targeted, and why? Are we in the heyday of the conspiracy theory, or is it in decline? Though there is significant scholarly literature on the topic in psychology, sociology, philosophy, and more, American Conspiracy Theories is the first to use broad, long-term empirical data to analyze this popular American tendency. Joseph E. Uscinski and Joseph M. Parent draw on three sources of original data: 120,000 letters to the editor of the New York Times and Chicago Tribune from between 1890 and 2010; a two-wave survey from before and after the 2012 presidential election; and discussions of conspiracy theories culled from online news sources, blogs, and other Web sites, also from before and after the election. Through these sources, they are able to address crucial questions, such as similarities and differences in the nature of conspiracy theories over time, the role of the Internet and communications technologies in spreading modern conspiracy theories, and whether politics, economics, media, war, or other factors are most important in popularizing conspiratorial beliefs. Ultimately, they conclude that power asymmetries, both foreign and domestic, are the main drivers behind conspiracy theories, and that those at the bottom of power hierarchies have a strategic interest in blaming those at the top-in other words, "conspiracy theories are for losers." But these "losers" can end up having tremendous influence on the course of history, and American Conspiracy Theories is an unprecedented examination of one of the defining features of American political life.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199351821
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs such as government involvement in the Kennedy assassination or alien activity at Roswell, fears of a powerful infiltrating group such as the Illuminati, Jews, Catholics, or communists, or modern fringe movements of varying popularity such as birtherism and trutherism. What is it in American culture that makes conspiracy theories proliferate? Who is targeted, and why? Are we in the heyday of the conspiracy theory, or is it in decline? Though there is significant scholarly literature on the topic in psychology, sociology, philosophy, and more, American Conspiracy Theories is the first to use broad, long-term empirical data to analyze this popular American tendency. Joseph E. Uscinski and Joseph M. Parent draw on three sources of original data: 120,000 letters to the editor of the New York Times and Chicago Tribune from between 1890 and 2010; a two-wave survey from before and after the 2012 presidential election; and discussions of conspiracy theories culled from online news sources, blogs, and other Web sites, also from before and after the election. Through these sources, they are able to address crucial questions, such as similarities and differences in the nature of conspiracy theories over time, the role of the Internet and communications technologies in spreading modern conspiracy theories, and whether politics, economics, media, war, or other factors are most important in popularizing conspiratorial beliefs. Ultimately, they conclude that power asymmetries, both foreign and domestic, are the main drivers behind conspiracy theories, and that those at the bottom of power hierarchies have a strategic interest in blaming those at the top-in other words, "conspiracy theories are for losers." But these "losers" can end up having tremendous influence on the course of history, and American Conspiracy Theories is an unprecedented examination of one of the defining features of American political life.
Conspiracy Theories in American History [2 volumes]
Author: Peter Knight
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576078132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of conspiracies and conspiracy theories in the United States. Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive, research-based, scholarly study of the pervasiveness of our deeply ingrained culture of conspiracy. From the Puritan witch trials to the Masons, from the Red Scare to Watergate, Whitewater, and the War on Terror, this encyclopedia covers conspiracy theories across the breadth of U.S. history, examining the individuals, organizations, and ideas behind them. Its over 300 alphabetical entries cover both the documented records of actual conspiracies and the cultural and political significance of specific conspiracy speculations. Neither promoting nor dismissing any theory, the entries move beyond the usual biased rhetoric to provide a clear-sighted, dispassionate look at each conspiracy (real or imagined). Readers will come to understand the political and social contexts in which these theories arose, the mindsets and motivations of the people promoting them, the real impact of society's reactions to conspiracy fears, warranted or not, and the verdict (when verifiable) that history has passed on each case.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576078132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of conspiracies and conspiracy theories in the United States. Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive, research-based, scholarly study of the pervasiveness of our deeply ingrained culture of conspiracy. From the Puritan witch trials to the Masons, from the Red Scare to Watergate, Whitewater, and the War on Terror, this encyclopedia covers conspiracy theories across the breadth of U.S. history, examining the individuals, organizations, and ideas behind them. Its over 300 alphabetical entries cover both the documented records of actual conspiracies and the cultural and political significance of specific conspiracy speculations. Neither promoting nor dismissing any theory, the entries move beyond the usual biased rhetoric to provide a clear-sighted, dispassionate look at each conspiracy (real or imagined). Readers will come to understand the political and social contexts in which these theories arose, the mindsets and motivations of the people promoting them, the real impact of society's reactions to conspiracy fears, warranted or not, and the verdict (when verifiable) that history has passed on each case.
American Conspiracy Files
Author: Peter Kross
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1939149614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Conspiracy theories are not new to our modern time. They date back to biblical times when Moses sent his spies out to check out what the Egyptians were doing. Espionage is also linked to various conspiracies and is all mixed up in the same bag of tricks and form any decent conspiracy or theory. In this new, fact providing book by author Peter Kross called The American Conspiracy Files: The Stories We Were Never Told, the reader is given a tour de force through the world of conspiracies and conspiracy theories dating back to the time when this nation was first founded, right up until the modern day. Author Kross provides the reader with these fascinating and unbelievable stories in short, thought-provoking chapters that will both inform and educate the public to these little known tales from our past. Among the stories that are revealed are the circumstances surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke whose settlers simply left their homes and were never seen again. The tales of the deaths of Davy Crockett, Jesse James and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid leave the reader wondering just what really happened to these iconic heroes, conspiracies in the Revolutionary War including Benedict Arnold and Ben Franklin’s son, William. We delve into the large conspiracy to kill President Lincoln and see that John Wilkes Booth did not act alone. Our tale then goes into our modern day with chapters on the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, spies in the Roosevelt administration, the reasons behind the Oklahoma City bombing, the sordid plots of President Lyndon Johnson and the deaths of people associated with him, the revelation of “Deep Throat,” a plot by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to invade Cuba and blame it on Castro, among other interesting tales. As author Kross did in his previous books, Tales From Langley: The CIA from Truman to Obama and The Secret History of the United States, these stories are a fascinating account of our hidden history, most of which the public has never heard of.
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1939149614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Conspiracy theories are not new to our modern time. They date back to biblical times when Moses sent his spies out to check out what the Egyptians were doing. Espionage is also linked to various conspiracies and is all mixed up in the same bag of tricks and form any decent conspiracy or theory. In this new, fact providing book by author Peter Kross called The American Conspiracy Files: The Stories We Were Never Told, the reader is given a tour de force through the world of conspiracies and conspiracy theories dating back to the time when this nation was first founded, right up until the modern day. Author Kross provides the reader with these fascinating and unbelievable stories in short, thought-provoking chapters that will both inform and educate the public to these little known tales from our past. Among the stories that are revealed are the circumstances surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke whose settlers simply left their homes and were never seen again. The tales of the deaths of Davy Crockett, Jesse James and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid leave the reader wondering just what really happened to these iconic heroes, conspiracies in the Revolutionary War including Benedict Arnold and Ben Franklin’s son, William. We delve into the large conspiracy to kill President Lincoln and see that John Wilkes Booth did not act alone. Our tale then goes into our modern day with chapters on the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, spies in the Roosevelt administration, the reasons behind the Oklahoma City bombing, the sordid plots of President Lyndon Johnson and the deaths of people associated with him, the revelation of “Deep Throat,” a plot by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to invade Cuba and blame it on Castro, among other interesting tales. As author Kross did in his previous books, Tales From Langley: The CIA from Truman to Obama and The Secret History of the United States, these stories are a fascinating account of our hidden history, most of which the public has never heard of.
The American Trap
Author: Frédéric Pierucci
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529326885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
In 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's power company subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very core of how he plotted the key features of the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe. And after being silenced for a long time, he has decided, with the help of journalist Matthieu Aron, to reveal all. In April 2013, Frédéric Pierucci was arrested in New York by the FBI and accused of bribery. The US authorities imprisoned him for more than two years - including fourteen months in a notorious maximum-security prison. In doing so, they forced Alstom to pay the biggest financial penalty ever imposed by the United States. In the end, Alstom also gave up areas of control to General Electric, its biggest American competitor. Frédéric's story unpacks how the United States is using corporate law as an economic weapon against its own allies. One after the other, some of the world's largest companies are being actively destabilised to the benefit of the US, in acts of economic sabotage that seem to be the beginning of what's to come...
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529326885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
In 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's power company subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very core of how he plotted the key features of the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe. And after being silenced for a long time, he has decided, with the help of journalist Matthieu Aron, to reveal all. In April 2013, Frédéric Pierucci was arrested in New York by the FBI and accused of bribery. The US authorities imprisoned him for more than two years - including fourteen months in a notorious maximum-security prison. In doing so, they forced Alstom to pay the biggest financial penalty ever imposed by the United States. In the end, Alstom also gave up areas of control to General Electric, its biggest American competitor. Frédéric's story unpacks how the United States is using corporate law as an economic weapon against its own allies. One after the other, some of the world's largest companies are being actively destabilised to the benefit of the US, in acts of economic sabotage that seem to be the beginning of what's to come...
Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East
Author: Michael Butter
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110338270
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East is the first book to approach conspiracy theorizing from a decidedly comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Whereas previous studies have engaged with conspiracy theories within national frameworks only, this collection of essays draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures. It focuses on the United States and the Middle East because these two regions of the world are entangled in manifold ways and conspiracy theories are currently extremely prominent in both. The contributors to the volume are scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, History, Political Science, Cultural Studies, and American Studies, who approach the subject from a variety of different theories and methodologies. However, all of them share the fundamental assumption that conspiracy theories must not be dismissed out of hand or ridiculed. Usually wrong and frequently dangerous, they are nevertheless articulations of and distorted responses to needs and anxieties that must be taken seriously. Focusing on individual case studies and displaying a high sensitivity for local conditions and the cultural environment, the essays offer a nuanced image of the workings of conspiracy theories in the United States and the Middle East.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110338270
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East is the first book to approach conspiracy theorizing from a decidedly comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Whereas previous studies have engaged with conspiracy theories within national frameworks only, this collection of essays draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures. It focuses on the United States and the Middle East because these two regions of the world are entangled in manifold ways and conspiracy theories are currently extremely prominent in both. The contributors to the volume are scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, History, Political Science, Cultural Studies, and American Studies, who approach the subject from a variety of different theories and methodologies. However, all of them share the fundamental assumption that conspiracy theories must not be dismissed out of hand or ridiculed. Usually wrong and frequently dangerous, they are nevertheless articulations of and distorted responses to needs and anxieties that must be taken seriously. Focusing on individual case studies and displaying a high sensitivity for local conditions and the cultural environment, the essays offer a nuanced image of the workings of conspiracy theories in the United States and the Middle East.
Conspiracies of Conspiracies
Author: Thomas Milan Konda
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022658593X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
“The most comprehensive intellectual history of American conspiracy theories yet produced.” —The American Historical Review It’s tempting to think 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 extraordinary 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. “Meticulous scholarship . . . essential context for understanding our present mess.” —Survival: Global Politics and Strategy “Incisive and engaging . . . Konda’s assessment of the ‘new dynamics’ of conspiracy theories in contemporary US politics is a significant contribution. Written with a clarity of expression rare in academic writing, the book is accessible to a wide readership.” —Choice
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022658593X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
“The most comprehensive intellectual history of American conspiracy theories yet produced.” —The American Historical Review It’s tempting to think 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 extraordinary 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. “Meticulous scholarship . . . essential context for understanding our present mess.” —Survival: Global Politics and Strategy “Incisive and engaging . . . Konda’s assessment of the ‘new dynamics’ of conspiracy theories in contemporary US politics is a significant contribution. Written with a clarity of expression rare in academic writing, the book is accessible to a wide readership.” —Choice
Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump
Author: Daniel C. Hellinger
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319981587
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This book focuses on the constant tension between democracy and conspiratorial behavior in the new global order. It addresses the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Trumpism, and the paranoid style of American politics that existed long before, first identified with Richard Hofstadter. Hellinger looks critically at both those who hold conspiracy theory beliefs and those who rush to dismiss them. Hellinger argues that we need to acknowledge that the exercise of power by elites is very often conspiratorial and invites both realistic and outlandish conspiracy theories. How we parse the realistic from the outlandish demands more attention than typically accorded in academia and journalism. Tensions between global hegemony and democratic legitimacy become visible in populist theories of conspiracy, both on the left and the right. He argues that we do not live in an age in which conspiracy theories are more profligate, but that we do live in an age in which they offer a more profound challenge to the constituted state than ever before.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319981587
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This book focuses on the constant tension between democracy and conspiratorial behavior in the new global order. It addresses the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Trumpism, and the paranoid style of American politics that existed long before, first identified with Richard Hofstadter. Hellinger looks critically at both those who hold conspiracy theory beliefs and those who rush to dismiss them. Hellinger argues that we need to acknowledge that the exercise of power by elites is very often conspiratorial and invites both realistic and outlandish conspiracy theories. How we parse the realistic from the outlandish demands more attention than typically accorded in academia and journalism. Tensions between global hegemony and democratic legitimacy become visible in populist theories of conspiracy, both on the left and the right. He argues that we do not live in an age in which conspiracy theories are more profligate, but that we do live in an age in which they offer a more profound challenge to the constituted state than ever before.
Conspiracy Theories and the People who Believe Them
Author: Joseph E. Uscinski
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190844078
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience has increased for a variety of reasons including the increasing access to information among ordinary people, a pervasive sense of powerlessness among those same people, and a widespread distrust of elites. Working in combination, these factors and many other factors are now propelling conspiracy theories into our public sphere on a vast scale. In recent years, scholars have begun to study this genuinely important phenomenon in a concerted way. In Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, Joseph E. Uscinski has gathered forty top researchers on the topic to provide both the foundational tools and the evidence to better understand conspiracy theories in the United States and around the world. Each chapter is informed by three core questions: Why do so many people believe in conspiracy theories? What are the effects of such theories when they take hold in the public? What can or should be done about the phenomenon? Combining systematic analysis and cutting-edge empirical research, this volume will help us better understand an extremely important, yet relatively neglected, phenomenon.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190844078
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience has increased for a variety of reasons including the increasing access to information among ordinary people, a pervasive sense of powerlessness among those same people, and a widespread distrust of elites. Working in combination, these factors and many other factors are now propelling conspiracy theories into our public sphere on a vast scale. In recent years, scholars have begun to study this genuinely important phenomenon in a concerted way. In Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, Joseph E. Uscinski has gathered forty top researchers on the topic to provide both the foundational tools and the evidence to better understand conspiracy theories in the United States and around the world. Each chapter is informed by three core questions: Why do so many people believe in conspiracy theories? What are the effects of such theories when they take hold in the public? What can or should be done about the phenomenon? Combining systematic analysis and cutting-edge empirical research, this volume will help us better understand an extremely important, yet relatively neglected, phenomenon.
The Storm Is Upon Us
Author: Mike Rothschild
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612199305
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"I hope everyone reads this book. It has become such a crucial thing for all of us to understand." —Erin Burnett, CNN "An ideal tour guide for your journey into the depths of the rabbit hole that is QAnon. It even shows you a glimmer of light at the exit." —Cullen Hoback, director of HBO's Q: Into the Storm Its messaging can seem cryptic, even nonsensical, yet for tens of thousands of people, it explains everything: What is QAnon, where did it come from, and is the Capitol insurgency a sign of where it’s going next? On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like “the calm before the storm”—then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain. But on the infamous message boards of 4chan, a mysterious poster going by “Q Clearance Patriot,” who claimed to be in “military intelligence,” began the elaboration on their own. In the days that followed, Q’s wild yarn explaining Trump's remarks began to rival the sinister intricacies of a Tom Clancy novel, while satisfying the deepest desires of MAGA-America. But did any of what Q predicted come to pass? No. Did that stop people from clinging to every word they were reading, expanding its mythology, and promoting it wider and wider? No. Why not? Who were these rapt listeners? How do they reconcile their worldview with the America they see around them? Why do their numbers keep growing? Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in conspiracy theories, has been collecting their stories for years, and through interviews with QAnon converts, apostates, and victims, as well as psychologists, sociologists, and academics, he is uniquely equipped to explain the movement and its followers. In The Storm Is Upon Us, he takes readers from the background conspiracies and cults that fed the Q phenomenon, to its embrace by right-wing media and Donald Trump, through the rending of families as loved ones became addicted to Q’s increasingly violent rhetoric, to the storming of the Capitol, and on. And as the phenomenon shows no sign of calming despite Trump’s loss of the presidency—with everyone from Baby Boomers to Millennial moms proving susceptible to its messaging—and politicians starting to openly espouse its ideology, Rothschild makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere. Rather, his impassioned reportage makes clear it's time to figure out what QAnon really is — because QAnon and its relentlessly dark theory of everything isn’t done yet.
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612199305
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"I hope everyone reads this book. It has become such a crucial thing for all of us to understand." —Erin Burnett, CNN "An ideal tour guide for your journey into the depths of the rabbit hole that is QAnon. It even shows you a glimmer of light at the exit." —Cullen Hoback, director of HBO's Q: Into the Storm Its messaging can seem cryptic, even nonsensical, yet for tens of thousands of people, it explains everything: What is QAnon, where did it come from, and is the Capitol insurgency a sign of where it’s going next? On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like “the calm before the storm”—then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain. But on the infamous message boards of 4chan, a mysterious poster going by “Q Clearance Patriot,” who claimed to be in “military intelligence,” began the elaboration on their own. In the days that followed, Q’s wild yarn explaining Trump's remarks began to rival the sinister intricacies of a Tom Clancy novel, while satisfying the deepest desires of MAGA-America. But did any of what Q predicted come to pass? No. Did that stop people from clinging to every word they were reading, expanding its mythology, and promoting it wider and wider? No. Why not? Who were these rapt listeners? How do they reconcile their worldview with the America they see around them? Why do their numbers keep growing? Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in conspiracy theories, has been collecting their stories for years, and through interviews with QAnon converts, apostates, and victims, as well as psychologists, sociologists, and academics, he is uniquely equipped to explain the movement and its followers. In The Storm Is Upon Us, he takes readers from the background conspiracies and cults that fed the Q phenomenon, to its embrace by right-wing media and Donald Trump, through the rending of families as loved ones became addicted to Q’s increasingly violent rhetoric, to the storming of the Capitol, and on. And as the phenomenon shows no sign of calming despite Trump’s loss of the presidency—with everyone from Baby Boomers to Millennial moms proving susceptible to its messaging—and politicians starting to openly espouse its ideology, Rothschild makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere. Rather, his impassioned reportage makes clear it's time to figure out what QAnon really is — because QAnon and its relentlessly dark theory of everything isn’t done yet.