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Online-Ressource |
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linguae & litterae 29 |
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linguae & litterae 29
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Mapping Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East / Butter, Michael ; Reinkowski, Maurus -- My Enemies Must Be Friends: The American Extreme-Right, Conspiracy Theory, Islam, and the Middle East / Winter, Aaron -- From Mosaddeq to HAARP: Some Aspects of the Conspiratorial Component of U.S.-Iranian Relations / Fathi, Schirin -- "Zionising" the Middle East: Rumours of the "Kissinger Plan" in Lebanon, 1973-1982 / Sleiman, André G. -- The Da Vinci Code, Crusade Conspiracies, and the Clash of Historiographies / Johnsrud, Brian -- The Society of Death and Anglo-American Fears of Conspiracy in Gold Rush California, 1849-1858 / Herbert, Christopher -- The Function of Secrecy in Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories: The Case of Dönmes in Turkey / Nefes, Türkay Salim -- Hizbullah between Pan-Islamic Ideology and Domestic Politics: Conspiracy Theories as Medium for Political Mobilization and Integration / Schmid, Stephan -- Narrating the 'Crisis of Representation': The Cultural Work of Conspiracy in Larry Beinhart's Novels on the Bush Presidencies / Herrmann, Sebastian M. -- Small and Large Scale Conspiracy Theories and Their Problems: An Example from Turkey / Herzog, Christoph -- "It Has All Been Planned": Talking about Us and Powerful Others in Contemporary Syria / Rabo, Annika -- The Transfer of Anti-Illuminati Conspiracy Theories to the United States in the Late Eighteenth Century / McKenzie-McHarg, Andrew -- The Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy: The Path from the Cemetery of Prague to Arab Anti-Zionist Propaganda / De Poli, Barbara -- Western Theories about Conspiracy Theories and the Middle Eastern Context: The Scope and Limits of Explanatory Transpositions / Gray, Matthew -- The Politics of Conspiracy Theories: American Histories and Global Narratives / Dunst, Alexander -- "What kind of man are you?": The Gendered Foundations of U.S. Conspiracism and of Recent Conspiracy Theory Scholarship / Christ, Birte -- Against the Cure / Fenster, Mark -- Plotting Future Directions in Conspiracy Theory Research / Knight, Peter -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors |
| Summary |
Biographical note: Michael Butter, University of Freiburg, Germany; Maurus Reinkowski, University of Basel, Switzerland |
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So far most scholars have studied conspiracy theories within national frameworks only. Focusing on the United States and the Middle East, two regions entangled in multiple ways, this book draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures |
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(Produktform)Electronic book text |
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(VLB-WN)9550 |
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Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet DE-101 pdager |
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Druckausg.: Conspiracy theories in the United States and the Middle East |
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Conspiracy theories -- United States -- History
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Conspiracy -- Middle East
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Conspiracy -- United States
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Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Conspiracy.
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Conspiracy theories.
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Political culture.
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Verschwörungstheorie
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1\p Diplomatische Beziehungen
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Middle East.
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United States.
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USA
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Naher Osten
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3\p Mittlerer Osten
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4\p Osmanisches Reich
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History.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Butter, Michael Herausgeber
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Reinkowski, Maurus Herausgeber
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| ISBN |
9783110338270 |
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3110338270 |
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9783110372991 |
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3110372991 |
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9783110307603 |
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311030760X |
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9783110338287 |
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3110338289 |
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