Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction
J. Byford
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Description for Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction
Paperback. Through a series of specific questions that cut to the core of conspiracism as a global social and cultural phenomenon this book, now in paperback, deconstructs the logic and rhetoric of conspiracy theories and analyses the broader social and psychological factors that contribute to their persistence in modern society. Num Pages: 188 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
Through a series of specific questions that cut to the core of conspiracism as a global social and cultural phenomenon this book deconstructs the logic and rhetoric of conspiracy theories and analyses the broader social and psychological factors that contribute to their persistence in modern society.
Through a series of specific questions that cut to the core of conspiracism as a global social and cultural phenomenon this book deconstructs the logic and rhetoric of conspiracy theories and analyses the broader social and psychological factors that contribute to their persistence in modern society.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137520241
SKU
V9781137520241
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99-15
About J. Byford
JOVAN BYFORD is Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Denial and Repression of Antisemitism: Post-Communist Remembrance of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovi? (2008) and Conspiracy Theory: Serbia v. the New World Order (2006, in Serbian).
Reviews for Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction
Jovan Byford's account as to why conspiracy theories are persistent, proliferating and popular offers a welcome, pertinent and well-constructed survey. [It is a] clear, accessible, illustrated, indexed and erudite text - Equinox: Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism, Vol 3, No 1 (2012), (http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JRFF/article/view/15294/pdf) In this book, Jovan Byford ... Read more