Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump

Daniel C. Hellinger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXI, 300 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-07458-6 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on the constant tension between democracy and conspiratorial behavior in the new global order. It addresses the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Trumpism, and the paranoid style of American politics that existed long before, first identified with Richard Hofstadter. Hellinger looks critically at both those who hold conspiracy theory beliefs and those who rush to dismiss them. Hellinger argues that we need to acknowledge that the exercise of power by elites is very often conspiratorial and invites both realistic and outlandish conspiracy theories. How we parse the realistic from the outlandish demands more attention than typically accorded in academia and journalism. Tensions between global hegemony and democratic legitimacy become visible in populist theories of conspiracy, both on the left and the right. He argues that we do not live in an age in which conspiracy theories are more profligate, but that we do live in an age in which they offer a more profound challenge to the constituted state than ever before.

Daniel C. Hellinger is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Webster University, USA. He has previously published: "Paranoia, Conspiracy, Hegemony in American Politics" in Transparency and Conspiracy: Ethnographies of Suspicion in the New World Order (2003) and "Conspiracy Theory and the Paranoid Style" in American Political Culture: An Encyclopedia (2015), and co-authored The Democratic Façade (2nd edition, 1991). His most recent books are Comparative Politics of Latin America: Democracy at Last? (2014), Global Security Watch: Venezuela (2012), and, as co-editor and contributor, Bolivarian Democracy in Venezuela: Participation, Politics and Culture (2011).

1. Introduction: Conspiracy Theory versus Theorizing Conspiracy.- 2. Paranoia, Conspiracy Panic, and the Regime of Truth.- 3. Trumpism, Fake News and the "New Normal".- 4. Suspicious Minds, the 2016 Election and Its Aftermath.- 5. Globalization, Populism, Conspiracism.- 6. Dark Money and Trumpism.- 7. The Deep State, Hegemony, and Democracy.- 8. Conclusion: Conspiracy Theories and Political Decay.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 300 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Cold War • conspiracism • conspiratorial behavior • decline • Deep State • fear • global order • hegemony • Paranoia • paranoid style • Populism • Populist • Regimes of Truth • security • Suspicion • Trumpism • US politics
ISBN-10	3-030-07458-7 / 3030074587
ISBN-13	978-3-030-07458-6 / 9783030074586
Zustand	Neuware