Screen LibraryConspiracy theories in the united states and the middle east : a comparative approach /
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 conne...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Linguae & litterae;
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| 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. |
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1 online resource (ix, 378 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110338270 |
| Index Number: | E839 |
| CLC: | D871.22 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Mapping Conspiracy Theories in 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 / 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 D nmes in Turkey / Hizbullah between Pan-Islamic Ideology and Domestic Politics: Conspiracy Theories as Medium for Political Mobilization and Integration / 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 / 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 / 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 T |