Where do conspiracy theories come from? Why do people believe them? What do they mean? Did the CIA drug people with LSD against their will? Is Queen Elizabeth a reptilian? In the second part, we consider the origins of the category of "conspiracy theories" and "conspiracy theorists" in social science and political punditry, and question what social and political agendas the concept serves.
” This is it: the most thorough, fair, and impartial examination of conspiracy theories that you will ever find anywhere.
Hear part 1 here: • UNLOCKED -- Myth of th...
Suggested Further Reading: Uscinski & Parent, "American Conspiracy Theories"; Kathryn Olmsted, "Real Enemies"; Jesse Walker, "United States of Paranoia"; Machiavelli, The Discourses, Book III; David Coady, "Conspiracy theory as heresy," in "Educational Philosophy and Psychology," 2021
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