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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aConspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East :
_bA Comparative Approach /
_ced. by Michael Butter, Maurus Reinkowski.
264 1 _aBerlin ;
_aBoston :
_bDe Gruyter,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _a1 online resource (378 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _alinguae & litterae : Publications of the School of Language and Literature Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies ,
_x1869-7054 ;
_v29
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tContents --
_tIntroduction: Mapping Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East --
_tI. The United States and the Middle East --
_tMy Enemies Must Be Friends: The American Extreme-Right, Conspiracy Theory, Islam, and the Middle East --
_tFrom Mosaddeq to HAARP: Some Aspects of the Conspiratorial Component of U.S.-Iranian Relations --
_t“Zionising” the Middle East: Rumours of the “Kissinger Plan” in Lebanon, 1973–1982 --
_tThe Da Vinci Code, Crusade Conspiracies, and the Clash of Historiographies --
_tII. The Politics of Conspiracy Theory --
_tThe Society of Death and Anglo-American Fears of Conspiracy in Gold Rush California, 1849–1858 --
_tThe Function of Secrecy in Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories: The Case of Dönmes in Turkey --
_tHizbullah between Pan-Islamic Ideology and Domestic Politics: Conspiracy Theories as Medium for Political Mobilization and Integration --
_tIII. The Promises of Conspiracy Theory --
_tNarrating the ‘Crisis of Representation’: The Cultural Work of Conspiracy in Larry Beinhart’s Novels on the Bush Presidencies --
_tSmall and Large Scale Conspiracy Theories and Their Problems: An Example from Turkey --
_t“It Has All Been Planned”: Talking about Us and Powerful Others in Contemporary Syria --
_tIV. Travelling Theories --
_tThe Transfer of Anti-Illuminati Conspiracy Theories to the United States in the Late Eighteenth Century --
_tThe Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy: The Path from the Cemetery of Prague to Arab Anti-Zionist Propaganda --
_tWestern Theories about Conspiracy Theories and the Middle Eastern Context: The Scope and Limits of Explanatory Transpositions --
_tV. Theorizing Conspiracy Theory --
_tThe Politics of Conspiracy Theories: American Histories and Global Narratives --
_t“What kind of man are you?”: The Gendered Foundations of U.S. Conspiracism and of Recent Conspiracy Theory Scholarship --
_tAgainst the Cure --
_tPlotting Future Directions in Conspiracy Theory Research --
_tBibliography --
_tList of Contributors
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aConspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East is the first book to approach conspiracy theorizing from a decidedly comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Whereas previous studies have engaged with conspiracy theories within national frameworks only, this collection of essays draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures. It focuses on the United States and the Middle East because these two regions of the world are entangled in manifold ways and conspiracy theories are currently extremely prominent in both. The contributors to the volume are scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, History, Political Science, Cultural Studies, and American Studies, who approach the subject from a variety of different theories and methodologies. However, all of them share the fundamental assumption that conspiracy theories must not be dismissed out of hand or ridiculed. Usually wrong and frequently dangerous, they are nevertheless articulations of and distorted responses to needs and anxieties that must be taken seriously. Focusing on individual case studies and displaying a high sensitivity for local conditions and the cultural environment, the essays offer a nuanced image of the workings of conspiracy theories in the United States and the Middle East.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)
650 0 _aConspiracy theories
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aConspiracy
_zMiddle East.
650 0 _aConspiracy
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aVerschwörungstheorien.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.
_2bisacsh
653 _aComparative analysis.
653 _aConspiracy theories.
653 _aMiddle East.
653 _aTransnational narratives.
653 _aUnited States of America.
700 1 _aButter, Michael
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aChrist, Birte
_eautore
700 1 _aDe Poli, Barbara
_eautore
700 1 _aDunst, Alexander
_eautore
700 1 _aFathi, Schirin
_eautore
700 1 _aFenster, Mark
_eautore
700 1 _aGray, Matthew
_eautore
700 1 _aHerbert, Christopher
_eautore
700 1 _aHerrmann, Sebastian M.
_eautore
700 1 _aHerzog, Christoph
_eautore
700 1 _aJohnsrud, Brian
_eautore
700 1 _aKnight, Peter
_eautore
700 1 _aMcKenzie-McHarg, Andrew
_eautore
700 1 _aNefes, Türkay Salim
_eautore
700 1 _aRabo, Annika
_eautore
700 1 _aReinkowski, Maurus
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aSchmid, Stephan
_eautore
700 1 _aSleiman, André G.
_eautore
700 1 _aWinter, Aaron
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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