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1 online resource (378 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Linguae & litterae,
1869-7054 ;
29
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Linguae & litterae ; 29.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Mapping Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East -- I. The United States and the Middle East. My Enemies Must Be Friends: The American Extreme-Right, Conspiracy Theory, Islam, and the Middle East -- From Mosaddeq to HAARP: Some Aspects of the Conspiratorial Component of U.S.-Iranian Relations -- "Zionising" the Middle East: Rumours of the "Kissinger Plan" in Lebanon, 1973-1982 -- The Da Vinci Code, Crusade Conspiracies, and the Clash of Historiographies -- II. The Politics of Conspiracy Theory. The Society of Death and Anglo-American Fears of Conspiracy in Gold Rush California, 1849-1858 -- The Function of Secrecy in Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories: The Case of Donmes in Turkey -- Hizbullah between Pan-Islamic Ideology and Domestic Politics: Conspiracy Theories as Medium for Political Mobilization and Integration -- III. The Promises of Conspiracy Theory. Narrating the "Crisis of Representation": The Cultural Work of Conspiracy in Larry Beinhart's Novels on the Bush Presidencies -- Small and Large Scale Conspiracy Theories and Their Problems: An Example from Turkey -- "It Has All Been Planned": Talking about Us and Powerful Others in Contemporary Syria -- IV. Travelling Theories. The Transfer of Anti-Illuminati Conspiracy Theories to the United States in the Late Eighteenth Century -- The Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy: The Path from the Cemetery of Prague to Arab Anti-Zionist Propaganda -- Western Theories about Conspiracy Theories and the Middle Eastern Context: The Scope and Limits of Explanatory Transpositions -- V. Theorizing Conspiracy Theory. The Politics of Conspiracy Theories: American Histories and Global Narratives -- "What kind of man are you?": The Gendered Foundations of U.S. Conspiracism and of Recent Conspiracy Theory Scholarship -- Against the Cure -- Plotting Future Directions in Conspiracy Theory Research. |
| Summary |
"So far most scholars have studied conspiracy theories within national frameworks only. Focusing on the United States and the Middle East, two regions entangled in multiple ways, this book draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Conspiracy theories -- United States.
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Conspiracy theories. |
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United States. |
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Conspiracy theories -- Middle East.
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Middle East. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Butter, Michael, editor.
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Reinkowski, Maurus, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conspiracy theories in the United States and the Middle East. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014] 9783110307603 (OCoLC)881261660 |
| ISBN |
3110338270 (e-book) |
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9783110338270 (electronic book) |
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9783110372991 (electronic book) |
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3110372991 (electronic book) |
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9783110307603 (hardcover) |
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311030760X (hardcover) |
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