A lot of people are saying : the new conspiracism and the assault on democracy / Russell Muirhead, Nancy L. Rosenblum.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]تاريخ حقوق النشر: 2019وصف:ix, 211 pages ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0691188831
- 9780691188836
- New conspiracism and the assault on democracy
- 2000-2099
- Conspiracy theories -- Political aspects -- United States
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States
- Democracy -- United States
- Conspiracy theories
- Democracy
- Politics and government
- Politische Kommunikation
- Verschworung
- Suggestion
- Behauptung
- Gemeinplatz
- Verschworungstheorie
- Glaubwurdigkeit
- Demokratie
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- United States
- USA
- JK275 .M86 2019
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JK275 .M86 2019 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000052987 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JK275 .M86 2019 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000052986 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200) and index.
Section I. The new conspiracism. Conspiracy without the theory -- It's true enough -- Presidential conspiracism -- Section II. Delegitimating democracy. Political parties -- Knowledge -- Who owns reality? -- Section III. Defending democracy. Speaking truth. -- Conclusion: The crisis of democracy.
Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new - conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, why so few officials speak truth to conspiracy, and what needs to be done to resist it. Classic conspiracy theory insists that things are not what they seem and gathers evidence - especially facts ominously withheld by official sources - to tease out secret machinations. The new conspiracism is different. There is no demand for evidence, no dots revealed to form a pattern, no close examination of shadowy plotters. Dispensing with the burden of explanation, the new conspiracism imposes its own reality through repetition (exemplified by the Trump catchphrase "a lot of people are saying") and bare assertion ("rigged!"). The new conspiracism targets democratic foundations - political parties and knowledge-producing institutions. It makes it more difficult to argue, persuade, negotiate, compromise, and even to disagree. Ultimately, it delegitimates democracy. Filled with vivid examples, A Lot of People Are Saying diagnoses a defining and disorienting feature of today's politics and offers a guide to responding to the threat.