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22%OFFGeorge E. Marcus (Ed.) - Paranoia within Reason - 9780226504582 - V9780226504582
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Paranoia within Reason

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Description for Paranoia within Reason Paperback. This text examines conspiracy theories and tackles paranoia as a style of debate within science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment. A conspiracy theory emerges as a way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of the changes that undermine them. Editor(s): Marcus, George E. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 454 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFC; JFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
Like the McCarthy era of the 1950s, there is a strong current of paranoid social thought at the end of the 20th century. Conspiracy theories abound, not only in extremist ideologies and groups, but in commerce, science, and economics-arenas where a paranoid style is least expected. A curiosity about paranoia at its most reasonable is at the root of this volume. Some pieces develop conversations that reveal the post-Cold War situations of countries such as Italy, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States where conspiratorial explanations of national dramas seem to make sense. Other pieces tackle paranoia as a style of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
Series
Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S.
Number of Pages
454
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226504582
SKU
V9780226504582
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