Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life

by Martha F. Lee

Book Overview

This book offers a thoughtful analysis of how and why conspiracy thinking has become a popular mode of political discourse in the United States.

How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of political thinking in the United States? What compels people to respond to devastating, unpredictable events--terrorist acts, wars, natural disasters, economic upheavals--with the conviction that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313350132
• ISBN13: 9780313350139
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"