Conspiracy
How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 1999
272 pages
978-1-4391-2404-8 (ISBN)
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"A solid sketch of a difficult and intriguing topic without indulging in sensationalism" (Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 1997).
Was AIDS intentionally inflicted upon blacks by whites? Was JFK assassinated as part of an intricate conspiracy? Pipes traces conspiracy theories through history to show that "Conspiracism"?genuine and virulent belief in a conspiracy?dates back to the First Crusade and reached a peak in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, with the focus shifting from the Jews, groups such as Freemasons and the Rosicrucians, and back again.
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Was AIDS intentionally inflicted upon blacks by whites? Was JFK assassinated as part of an intricate conspiracy? Pipes traces conspiracy theories through history to show that "Conspiracism"?genuine and virulent belief in a conspiracy?dates back to the First Crusade and reached a peak in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, with the focus shifting from the Jews, groups such as Freemasons and the Rosicrucians, and back again.
?DanielPipes.org
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Daniel Pipes is an American historian, writer, and commentator. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. His writing focuses on American foreign policy and the Middle East.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1: Conspiracy Theories Everywhere
- 2: A House of Mirrors
- 3: Unmasking the Conspiracy Theory
- 4: The Origins, to 1815
- 5: Florescence, 1815-1945
- 6: Migration to the Periphery, Since 1945
- 7: Two Conspiracist Traditions
- 8: Right-Wing Nuts, Leftist Sophisticates
- 9: Conspiracism's Costs
- Appendix A: Benign Antisemitism
- Appendix B: Stalin's Blind Spot
- Appendix C: The Internet
- Notes
- Index
