Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump - 9783031448317

Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in the Age of TrumpAuthor(s): Daniel C. Hellinger\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031448317, 978-3031448317\nSynopsis\nConspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in the Age of Trump stands out in the burgeoning literature on conspiracism with its call for political scientists to analyze not only conspiracy theory as political pathology but conspiracies themselves as political behavior symbiotically related to moral hazards and other forces unleashed by dark money, disinformation, changing technologies, and [url] new updated edition extends this analysis to the belief by many Americans that the 2020 election was stolen, resistance to social measures to counter the Covid epidemic, attempts by Trump and his allies to stop the steal, and the resulting mob insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. We likely will see both conspiracism and actual conspiracies play a great.