Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories

NOTE EDITORE

Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbookprovides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon to date. It analyses conspiracy theories from a variety of perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It maps out the key debates, and includes chapters on the historical origins of conspiracy theories, as well as their political significance in a broad range of countries and regions. Other chapters consider the psychology and the sociology of conspiracy beliefs, in addition to their changing cultural forms, functions and modes of transmission. This handbook examines where conspiracy theories come from, who believes in them and what their consequences are. This book presents an important resource for students and scholars from a range of disciplines interested in the societal and political impact of conspiracy theories, including Area Studies, Anthropology, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.

SOMMARIO

Part IDefinitions and approachesIntroductionTodor Hristov, Andrew McKenzie-McHarg and Alejandro Romero Reche1. Conceptual history and conspiracy theoryAndrew McKenzie-McHarg2. Conspiracy theory in historical, cultural and literary studiesPeter Knight and Michael Butter3. Semiotic Approaches to Conspiracy TheoriesMassimo Leone, Mari-Liis Madison and Andreas Ventsel4. Philosophy and conspiracy theoriesJuha Räikkä? and Juho Ritola5. Psychoanalysis, critical theory and conspiracy theoryNebojša Blanuša and Todor Hristov6. Conspiracy theory as occult cosmology in anthropologyAnnika Rabo7. Sociology, social theory and conspiracy theoryTürkay Salim Nefes and Alejandro Romero Reche8. Conspiracy theories in political science and political theoryJulien Giry and Pranvera Tika9. Social psychology of conspiracy theoryOlivier Klein and Kenzo Nera10. Social network analysis, social big data and conspiracy theoriesEstrella Gualda Caballero Part IIPsychological factorsIntroductionJan-Willem van Prooijen, Karen Douglas, Aleksandra Cichocka and Michal Bilewicz1. Personality traits, cognitive styles and worldviews associated with beliefs in conspiracy theoriesAnthony Lantian, Michael Wood and Biljana Gjoneska 2. Social-cognitive processes underlying belief in conspiracy theoriesJan-Willem van Prooijen, Olivier Klein and Jasna Miloševic Ðordevicz3. Motivations, emotions and belief in conspiracy theoriesKaren M. Douglas, Aleksandra Cichocka and Robbie M. Sutton4. Conspiracy theories as psycho-political reactions to perceived powerRoland Imhoff and Pia Lamberty5. How conspiracy theories spreadAdrian Bangerter, Pascal Wagner-Egger and Sylvain Delouvée6. Conspiracy theories and intergroup relationsMikey Biddlestone, Aleksandra Cichocka, Iris Žeželj and Michal Bilewicz7. Consequences of conspiracy theoriesDaniel Jolley, Silvia Mari and Karen Douglas8. Countering conspiracy theories and misinformationPéter Krekó Part IIISociety and politicsIntroductionEiríkur Bergmann, Asbjørn Dyrendal, Jaron Harambam and Hulda Thórisdóttir1. Who are the conspiracy theorists? Demographics and conspiracy theoriesSteven M. Smallpage, Hugo Drochon, Joseph E. Uscinski and Casey Klofstad2. Conspiracy theory entrepreneurs, movements and individualsJaron Harambam3. Conspiracy theories and gender and sexualityAnnika Thiem 4. Conspiracy theories, political ideology and political behaviourHulda Thórisdóttir, Silvia Mari and André Krouwel5. Functions and uses of conspiracy theories in authoritarian regimesJulien Giry and Dogan Gürpinar6. Conspiracy theory and populismEiríkur Bergman and Michael Butter7. Radicalisation and conspiracy theoriesBenjamin Lee8. Antisemitism and conspiracismKjetil Braut Simonsen9. Conspiracy theory and religionAsbjørn Dyrendal Part IVMedia and transmissionIntroductionStef Aupers, Dana Craciun and Andreas Önnerfors 1. Rumours, urban legends and the verbal transmission of conspiracy theoriesAnastasiya Astapova2. Conspiracy theorising and the history of media in the eighteenth centuryAndrew McKenzie-McHarg and Claus Oberhauser 3. Genres of conspiracy in nineteenth-century British writingBen Carver4. Conspiracy in American narrativeTimothy Melley5. Conspiracy theories and visual cultureUte Caumanns and Andreas Önnerfors 6. Conspiracy theories in film and television showsMichael Butter7. Decoding mass media / encoding conspiracy theoryStef Aupers8. The Internet and the spread of conspiracy contentSimona Stano9. Networked disinformation and the lifecycle of online conspiracy theoriesHugo Leal10. Conspiracy theories and fake newsKiril Avramov, Vasily Gatov and Ilya Yablokov Part VHistories and regions IntroductionIlya Yablokov, Pascal Girard, Nebojša Blanuša and Annika Rabo1. Conspiracy theories in the Roman empireVictoria Emma Pagán2. Conspiracy theories in the Middle Ages and the early modern periodCornel Zwierlein3. Freemasons, Illuminati and Jews: Conspiracy theories and the French RevolutionClaus Oberhauser4. Conspiracy Theories in Europe during the twentieth centuryPascal Girard5. Conspiracy theories in Putin’s Russia: the case of the ‘New World Order’Ilya Yablokov6. Conspiracy theories in and about the BalkansNebojša Blanuša7. Conspiracy theories in TurkeyDogan Gürpinar and Türkay Salim Nefes8. Conspiracy theories in the Middle EastMatthew Gray9. Conspiracy theories in Southeast AsiaViren Swami, Hanoor Syahirah Zahari and David Barron10. Conspiracy theories in American historyMichael Butter11. Populism and conspiracy theory in Latin America: a case study of VenezuelaRosanne Norris Hooper

AUTORE

Michael Butter is professor of American Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He is the author of Plots, Designs, and Schemes: American Conspiracy Theories from the Puritans to the Present (2014) and The Nature of Conspiracy Theories (2020). Peter Knight is professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of Conspiracy Culture (2000), The Kennedy Assassination (2007) and Reading the Market (2016) and editor of Conspiracy Nation (2002) and Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia (2004). Together they directed the COST Action COMPACT [Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories].

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780815361749
• Collana: Conspiracy Theories
• Dimensioni: 9.75 x 6.75 in Ø 3.04 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 17 b/w images, 2 tables, 5 halftones and 12 line drawings
• Pagine Arabe: 680
• Pagine Romane: xx