{"id":20306,"date":"2020-04-14T10:11:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=20306"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:07:16","slug":"routledge-handbook-of-conspiracy-theories-edited-by-by-michael-butter-and-peter-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=20306","title":{"rendered":"Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories. Edited by Michael Butter and Peter Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories<\/em> provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life.<\/p>\n

This handbook\u00a0provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon to date. It analyses conspiracy theories from a variety of perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It maps out the key debates, and includes chapters on the historical origins of conspiracy theories, as well as their political significance in a broad range of countries and regions. Other chapters consider the psychology and the sociology of conspiracy beliefs, in addition to their changing cultural forms, functions and modes of transmission. This handbook examines where conspiracy theories come from, who believes in them and what their consequences are.<\/p>\n

This book presents an important resource for students and scholars from a range of disciplines interested in the societal and political impact of conspiracy theories, including Area Studies, Anthropology, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.<\/p>\n

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Published February 26, 2020 by Routledge<\/p>\n

680 Pages – 17 B\/W Illustrations<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Routledge-Handbook-of-Conspiracy-Theories-1st-Edition\/Butter-Knight\/p\/book\/9780815361749<\/a><\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part I
\nDefinitions and approaches
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nTodor Hristov, Andrew McKenzie-McHarg and Alejandro Romero Reche
\n<\/em>1. Conceptual history and conspiracy theory
\nAndrew McKenzie-McHarg
\n<\/em>2. <\/em>Conspiracy theory in historical, cultural and literary studies
\nPeter Knight and Michael Butter
\n<\/em>3. <\/em>Semiotic Approaches to Conspiracy Theories
\nMassimo Leone, Mari-Liis Madison and Andreas Ventsel
\n<\/em>4. Philosophy and conspiracy theories
\nJuha R\u00e4ikk\u00e4<\/em>\u2028<\/em> and Juho Ritola
\n<\/em>5. Psychoanalysis, critical theory and conspiracy theory
\nNeboj\u0161a Blanu\u0161a and Todor Hristov
\n<\/em>6. Conspiracy theory as occult cosmology in anthropology
\nAnnika Rabo
\n<\/em>7. Sociology, social theory and conspiracy theory
\nT\u00fcrkay Salim Nefes and Alejandro Romero Reche
\n<\/em>8. Conspiracy theories in political science and political theory
\nJulien Giry and Pranvera Tika
\n<\/em>9. Social psychology of conspiracy theory
\nOlivier Klein and Kenzo Nera
\n<\/em>10. Social network analysis, social big data and conspiracy theories
\nEstrella Gualda Caballero<\/em><\/p>\n

Part II
\nPsychological factors
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nJan-Willem van Prooijen, Karen Douglas, Aleksandra Cichocka and Micha\u0142 Bilewicz
\n<\/em>1. Personality traits, cognitive styles and worldviews associated with beliefs in conspiracy theories
\nAnthony Lantian, Michael Wood and Biljana Gjoneska
\n<\/em>2. Social-cognitive processes underlying belief in conspiracy theories
\nJan-Willem van Prooijen, Olivier Klein and Jasna Milo\u0161evi\u0107 \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107z
\n<\/em>3. Motivations, emotions and belief in conspiracy theories
\nKaren M. Douglas, Aleksandra Cichocka and Robbie M. Sutton
\n<\/em>4. Conspiracy theories as psycho-political reactions to perceived power
\nRoland Imhoff and Pia Lamberty
\n<\/em>5. How conspiracy theories spread
\nAdrian Bangerter, Pascal Wagner-Egger and Sylvain Delouv\u00e9e
\n<\/em>6. Conspiracy theories and intergroup relations
\nMikey Biddlestone, Aleksandra Cichocka, Iris \u017de\u017eelj and Micha\u0142 Bilewicz
\n<\/em>7. Consequences of conspiracy theories
\nDaniel Jolley, Silvia Mari and Karen Douglas
\n<\/em>8. Countering conspiracy theories and misinformation
\nP\u00e9ter Krek\u00f3<\/em><\/p>\n

Part III
\nSociety and politics
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nEir\u00edkur Bergmann, Asbj\u00f8rn Dyrendal, Jaron Harambam and Hulda Th\u00f3risd\u00f3ttir
\n<\/em>1. Who are the conspiracy theorists? Demographics and conspiracy theories
\nSteven M. Smallpage, Hugo Drochon, Joseph E. Uscinski and Casey Klofstad
\n<\/em>2. Conspiracy theory entrepreneurs, movements and individuals
\nJaron Harambam
\n<\/em>3. Conspiracy theories and gender and sexuality
\nAnnika Thiem
\n<\/em>4. Conspiracy theories, political ideology and political behaviour
\nHulda Th\u00f3risd\u00f3ttir, Silvia Mari and Andr\u00e9 Krouwel
\n<\/em>5. Functions and uses of conspiracy theories in authoritarian regimes
\nJulien Giry and Do\u011fan G\u00fcrp\u0131nar
\n<\/em>6. Conspiracy theory and populism
\nEir\u00edkur Bergman and Michael Butter
\n<\/em>7. Radicalisation and conspiracy theories
\nBenjamin Lee
\n<\/em>8. Antisemitism and conspiracism
\nKjetil Braut Simonsen
\n<\/em>9. Conspiracy theory and religion
\nAsbj\u00f8rn Dyrendal<\/em><\/p>\n

Part IV
\nMedia and transmission
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nStef Aupers, Dana Cr\u0103ciun and Andreas \u00d6nnerfors
\n<\/em>1. Rumours, urban legends and the verbal transmission of conspiracy theories
\nAnastasiya Astapova
\n<\/em>2. Conspiracy theorising and the history of media in the eighteenth century
\nAndrew McKenzie-McHarg and Claus Oberhauser
\n<\/em>3. Genres of conspiracy in nineteenth-century British writing
\nBen Carver
\n<\/em>4. Conspiracy in American narrative
\nTimothy Melley
\n<\/em>5. Conspiracy theories and visual culture
\nUte Caumanns and Andreas \u00d6nnerfors
\n<\/em>6. Conspiracy theories in film and television shows
\nMichael Butter
\n7. <\/em>Decoding mass media \/ encoding conspiracy theory
\nStef Aupers
\n8. <\/em>The Internet and the spread of conspiracy content
\nSimona Stano
\n<\/em>9. Networked disinformation and the lifecycle of online conspiracy theories
\nHugo Leal
\n<\/em>10. Conspiracy theories and fake news
\nKiril Avramov, Vasily Gatov and Ilya Yablokov <\/em><\/p>\n

Part V
\nHistories and regions
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nIlya Yablokov, Pascal Girard, Neboj\u0161a Blanu\u0161a and Annika Rabo
\n<\/em>1. Conspiracy theories in the Roman empire
\nVictoria Emma Pag\u00e1n
\n<\/em>2. Conspiracy theories in the Middle Ages and the early modern period
\nCornel Zwierlein
\n<\/em>3. Freemasons, Illuminati and Jews: Conspiracy theories and the French Revolution
\nClaus Oberhauser
\n<\/em>4. Conspiracy Theories in Europe during the twentieth century
\nPascal Girard
\n<\/em>5. Conspiracy theories in Putin\u2019s Russia: the case of the \u2018New World Order\u2019
\nIlya Yablokov
\n<\/em>6. Conspiracy theories in and about the Balkans
\nNeboj\u0161a Blanu\u0161a<\/em>
\n7. Conspiracy theories in Turkey
\nDo\u011fan G\u00fcrp\u0131nar and T\u00fcrkay Salim Nefes
\n<\/em>8. Conspiracy theories in the Middle East
\nMatthew Gray
\n<\/em>9. Conspiracy theories in Southeast Asia
\nViren Swami, Hanoor Syahirah Zahari and David Barron
\n<\/em>10. Conspiracy theories in American history
\nMichael Butter
\n<\/em>11. Populism and conspiracy theory in Latin America: a case study of Venezuela
\nRosanne Norris Hooper<\/em><\/p>\n

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Editor(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Butter<\/strong> is professor of American Studies at the University of T\u00fcbingen, Germany. He is the author of Plots, Designs, and Schemes: American Conspiracy Theories from the Puritans to the Present<\/em> (2014) and The Nature of Conspiracy Theories<\/em> (2020).<\/p>\n

Peter Knight<\/strong> is professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of Conspiracy Culture<\/em> (2000), The Kennedy Assassination<\/em> (2007) and Reading the Market<\/em> (2016) and editor of Conspiracy Nation<\/em> (2002) and Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia<\/em> (2004).<\/p>\n

Together they directed the COST Action COMPACT [Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories].<\/p>\n

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