{"product_id":"conspiracy-rising-conspiracy-thinking-and-american-public-life-0313350132","title":"Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0313350132\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lee, Martha F.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 nothing is a coincidence, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected?Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life argues that while outlandish paranoid theories themselves may seem nonsensical, the thread of conspiracy thinking throughout American history is a both a byproduct of our democratic form of government and a very real threat to it. From the Illuminati, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons to the government hiding aliens and faking the moon landing; from the New World Order to the Obama \"Birthers,\" the book explores the enduring popularity of a number of American conspiracy theories, showing how the conspiracy hysteria that may provoke disdain and apathy in the general public, can become a source of dangerous extremism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51738040500512,"sku":"NEW0313350132","price":52.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81UEQH-qPZL.jpg?v=1779581528","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/conspiracy-rising-conspiracy-thinking-and-american-public-life-0313350132","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}