Diary Of A Conspiracy Theorist
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| Author | : Michael Butter |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2020-10-06 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1509540830 |
Conspiracy theories seem to be proliferating today. Long relegated to a niche existence, conspiracy theories are now pervasive, and older conspiracy theories have been joined by a constant stream of new ones – that the USA carried out the 9/11 attacks itself, that the Ukrainian crisis was orchestrated by NATO, that we are being secretly controlled by a New World Order that keep us docile via chemtrails and vaccinations. Not to mention the moon landing that never happened. But what are conspiracy theories and why do people believe them? Have they always existed or are they something new, a feature of our modern world? In this book Michael Butter provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nature and development of conspiracy theories. Contrary to popular belief, he shows that conspiracy theories are less popular and influential today than they were in the past. Up to the 1950s, the Western world regarded conspiracy theories as a legitimate form of knowledge and it was therefore normal to believe in them. It was only after the Second World War that this knowledge was delegitimized, causing conspiracy theories to be banished from public discourse and relegated to subcultures. The recent renaissance of conspiracy theories is linked to internet which gives them wider exposure and contributes to the fragmentation of the public sphere. Conspiracy theories are still stigmatized today in many sections of mainstream culture but are being accepted once again as legitimate knowledge in others. It is the clash between these domains and their different conceptions of truth that is fuelling the current debate over conspiracy theories.
| Author | : Edward Steers (Jr.) |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2013-03-07 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0813141591 |
Investigates six of history's biggest frauds, looking at how the hoaxes were carried out and what continued belief in them reveals about society's understanding of history.
| Author | : Jonathan Kay |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2011-05-17 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0062079344 |
From 9/11 conspiracy theorists and UFO obsessives tothe cult of Ayn Rand and Birthercrusaders, America is suffering from an explosion in post-rationalistideological movements. In Among the Truthers,journalist Jonathan Kay offers a thoughtful and sobering look at how socialnetworking and Web-based video sharing have engendered a flourishing of new conspiracism. Kay details the sociological profiles of tenbrands of modern conspiracists—the Failed Historian,the Mid-Life Crack-Up, the Damaged Survivor, the Campus Revolutionary, theStoner, the Clinical Case, the Puzzle Solver, the Christian Doomsayer, the CosmicVoyager, and the Egomaniac—in a compelling exploration of America’s departurefrom reason and what it means for the very future of rational discourse as thenation steps further into the 21st century.
| Author | : John Perkins |
| Publisher | : Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2004-11-09 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1576755126 |
Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.
| Author | : Mathias Bröckers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Topics: The nature of conspiracy. Its pervasive role in life and history. Secret societies. Philosophy and fallacies of conspiratorial thinking. A science of conspirology. World conspiracies. Skull & Bones Club. 9/11 and the rise of Osama bin Laden-Al Quaeda conspiracy theory, unsupported by evidence. Countervailing theories. WTC, Pentagon. The great game. Drugs, finance, and the CIA. Oil, war and peace. Puppets of empire in the third world and fourth estate.---From verso of title page.
| Author | : Virtual Alien |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2007-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0982292414 |
The ultimate guide to survive inside the internet and beyond, the Y2K File is the story of the Y2K diary. Launched in 1999 at the turn of the new millennium it has witnessed all the events of the Y2K years until today; from the conspiracy theories to the 'who's who' and 'what's what' of the players, winners and losers weaving the web. Since its inception the diary has often been described a compendium of gobbledygook. Indeed what cannot be found on Google can generally be found on the ultimate encyclopaedia of gibberish, the Y2K diary.
| Author | : David Priess |
| Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2016-03-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1610395964 |
Every president has had a unique and complicated relationship with the intelligence community. While some have been coolly distant, even adversarial, others have found their intelligence agencies to be among the most valuable instruments of policy and power. Since John F. Kennedy's presidency, this relationship has been distilled into a personalized daily report: a short summary of what the intelligence apparatus considers the most crucial information for the president to know that day about global threats and opportunities. This top-secret document is known as the President's Daily Brief, or, within national security circles, simply "the Book." Presidents have spent anywhere from a few moments (Richard Nixon) to a healthy part of their day (George W. Bush) consumed by its contents; some (Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush) consider it far and away the most important document they saw on a regular basis while commander in chief. The details of most PDBs are highly classified, and will remain so for many years. But the process by which the intelligence community develops and presents the Book is a fascinating look into the operation of power at the highest levels. David Priess, a former intelligence officer and daily briefer, has interviewed every living president and vice president as well as more than one hundred others intimately involved with the production and delivery of the president's book of secrets. He offers an unprecedented window into the decision making of every president from Kennedy to Obama, with many character-rich stories revealed here for the first time.
| Author | : David W. Balsiger |
| Publisher | : Los Angeles, Calif. : Schick Sunn Classic Books |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : California |
| ISBN | : |
On April 14, 1965, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play at Ford's Theatre. Historical accounts tell us the murder was committed by a crazed actor named John Wilkes Booth, and no one else. Now, after more than a century, startling new answers are uncovered.
| Author | : Cass R. Sunstein |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1476726639 |
A collection of controversial essays touches upon an array of issues, from marriage equality and conspiracy theories to animal rights.
| Author | : Paul Wolfe |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2020-02-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 006291068X |
An engrossing debut novel that cannily reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of bohemian Georgetown socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer— secret lover of JFK, ex-wife of a CIA chief, sexual adventurer, LSD explorer and early feminist living by her own rules. She was a longtime lover of JFK. She was the ex-wife of a CIA chief. She was the sister-in-law of the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee. She believed in mind expansion and took LSD with Timothy Leary. She was a painter, a socialite and a Bohemian in Georgetown during the Cold War. And she ended up dead in an unsolved murder a year after JFK’s assassination. The diary she kept was never found. Until now. . . .
