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008			140808s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a1623560918 (paperback)
020			_a1623566819 (hardback)
020			_a9781623560911 (paperback)
020			_a9781623566814 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)886380442
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dUKMGB _dNFG
042			_apcc
049			_aNFGA _aNFCA
092			_a001.9 _bJ33
100	1		_aJane, Emma A. _9256768
245	1	0	_aModern conspiracy : _bthe importance of being paranoid / _cEmma A. Jane and Chris Fleming,
263			_a1408
264		1	_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2014.
300			_a172 pages 20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements, Introduction -- Running Dogs and the 'Rightness' of Conspiracy. Chapter One: Powerful Secrets. Chapter Two: Impossible Things. Chapter Three: A Short History of an Epistemic Ambience. Chapter Four: Pleasures, Sorrows, and Doubling. Chapter Five: Cultural Ramifications and Reflections. Chapter Six: Conspiracy and Theory. Conclusion: Where to Now?
520			_a"Modern Conspiracy attempts to sketch a new conception of conspiracy theory. Where many commentators have sought to characterize conspiracy theory in terms of the collapse of objectivity and Enlightenment reason, Fleming and Jane trace the important role of conspiracy in the formation of the modern world: the scientific revolution, social contract theory, political sovereignty, religious paranoia and mass communication media. Rather than see in conspiratorial thinking the imminent death of Enlightenment reason, and a regression to a new Dark Age, Modern Conspiracy contends that many characteristic features of conspiracies tap very deeply into the history of the Enlightenment itself: among other things, its vociferous critique of established authorities, and a conception of political sovereignty fuelled by fear of counter-plots. Drawing out the roots of modern conspiratorial thinking leads us to truths less salacious and scandalous than the claims of conspiracy theorists themselves yet ultimately far more salutary: about mass communication; about individual and crowd psychology; and about our conception of and relation to knowledge. Perhaps, ultimately, what conspiracy theory affords us is a renewed opportunity to reflect on our very relationship to the truth itself"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"While conspiracy theory is often characterized in terms of the collapse of objectivity and Enlightenment reason, Modern Conspiracy traces the important role of conspiracy in the formation of the modern world: the scientific revolution, social contract theory, political sovereignty, religious paranoia and mass communication media. Rather than seeing the imminent death of Enlightenment reason and a regression to a new Dark Age in conspiratorial thinking, Modern Conspiracy suggests that many characteristic features of conspiracies tap very deeply into the history of the Enlightenment: its vociferous critique of established authorities and a conception of political sovereignty fuelled by fear of counter-plots, for example. Perhaps, ultimately, conspiracy theory affords us a renewed opportunity to reflect on our very relationship to the truth itself"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aConspiracies _xPhilosophy. _9256769
650		0	_aConspiracy theories. _9205211
700	1		_aFleming, Chris, _d1970- _9256770
942			_cBOOK _08
994			_aC0 _bNFG
998			_a007581286
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