Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist UndergroundFrom 9/11 conspiracy theorists and UFO obsessives tothe cult of Ayn Rand and Birthercrusaders, America is suffering from an explosion in post-rationalistideological movements. In Among the Truthers,journalist Jonathan Kay offers a thoughtful and sobering look at how socialnetworking and Web-based video sharing have engendered a flourishing of new conspiracism. Kay details the sociological profiles of tenbrands of modern conspiracists—the Failed Historian,the Mid-Life Crack-Up, the Damaged Survivor, the Campus Revolutionary, theStoner, the Clinical Case, the Puzzle Solver, the Christian Doomsayer, the CosmicVoyager, and the Egomaniac—in a compelling exploration of America’s departurefrom reason and what it means for the very future of rational discourse as thenation steps further into the 21st century. |
Contents
A Brief History | |
Chapter Two Warrant for Genocide Blueprint for Paranoia | |
The Birth of | |
Conspiracism | |
A Psychological Field Guide | |
Chapter Six The Church of Conspiracism | |
Accessories to Trutherdom | |
Conspiracisms | |
The New Face of Anti | |
Chapter Ten Confronting Conspiracism | |
Index | |
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