TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muirhead,Russell
AU  - Rosenblum,Nancy L.
TI  - A lot of people are saying: the new conspiracism and the assault on democracy 
SN  - 0691188831 (hardcover)
AV  - JK 275 M953l 2019
U1  - 320.973 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Conspiracy theories
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Teorías de la conspiración
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Conspiraciones
KW  - Teorías
KW  - Democracia
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Politische Kommunikation
KW  - gnd
KW  - Verschwörung
KW  - Suggestion
KW  - Behauptung
KW  - Gemeinplatz
KW  - Verschwörungstheorie
KW  - Glaubwürdigkeit
KW  - Demokratie
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200) and index; Section I. The new conspiracism; Conspiracy without the theory --; It's true enough --; Presidential conspiracism --; Section II. Delegitimating democracy; Political parties --; Knowledge --; Who owns reality? --; Section III. Defending democracy; Speaking truth. --; Conclusion: The crisis of democracy
N2  - Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new - conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, why so few officials speak truth to conspiracy, and what needs to be done to resist it. Classic conspiracy theory insists that things are not what they seem and gathers evidence - especially facts ominously withheld by official sources - to tease out secret machinations. The new conspiracism is different. There is no demand for evidence, no dots revealed to form a pattern, no close examination of shadowy plotters. Dispensing with the burden of explanation, the new conspiracism imposes its own reality through repetition (exemplified by the Trump catchphrase "a lot of people are saying") and bare assertion ("rigged!"). The new conspiracism targets democratic foundations - political parties and knowledge-producing institutions. It makes it more difficult to argue, persuade, negotiate, compromise, and even to disagree. Ultimately, it delegitimates democracy. Filled with vivid examples, A Lot of People Are Saying diagnoses a defining and disorienting feature of today's politics and offers a guide to responding to the threat
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