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Melley, TimothyEmpire of Conspiracy: The Culture of Paranoia in Postwar AmericaFocused on 'agency panic' and appeal to individualism as a national fantasy of freedom from social control
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Walker, JesseThe United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy TheoryHistory of US conspiracy theories, 17C-present
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deHaven-Smith, LanceConspiracy Theory in AmericaCritique of "conspiracy theory" as a means to deflect criticism from elites
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Jacobson, MarkPale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in AmericaStory of a famous, contemporary US conspiracist + context of US paranoia
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Cassam, QassimConspiracy TheoriesArgument that conspiracy theories are forms of propaganda - promotion of a political agenda
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Rosenblum, Nancy L.A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on DemocracyArgument that now we have conspiracy without theory, distinct from old conspiracy theory
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Hristov, TodorImpossible Knowledge: Conspiracy Theories, Power, TruthArgument that conspiracy theory divorces truth from knowledge, and power
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Uscinski, Joseph E. (ed.)Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe ThemEdited collection analysing/theorising conspiracy theory from various angles
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Dean, JodiAliens in America: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace90s analysis of UFO theories; sees conspiracy theories as response to complexity and powerlessness
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Wilson, Robert AntonEverything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults and Cover-upsQuasi-encylopedia of conspiracy theories
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Bratich, Jack Z.Conspiracy Panics: Political Rationality and Popular CultureFoucauldian critique of panics about conspiracy theories
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Fleming, Chris and Emma A. JaneModern Conspiracy: The Importance of Being ParanoidPartial defence of conspiracy theories for being rooted in Enlightenment critique of established authority, etc
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Yablokov, IlyaFortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet WorldArgues that image of ‘dangerous, conspiring West’ provides national unity
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Aaronovitch, DavidVoodoo HistoriesArgument for 'true scepticism', based on knowledge of history and common sense
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Olmstead, Kathryn S.Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 Reprint EditionTraces growth of US conspiracy theories to growth of state post-WWI
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Festinger, Riecken, SchachterWhen Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the WorldSocial-psychological case study of 50s UFO conspiarcy theory group
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Jameson, FredericThe Geopolitical Aesthetic: Cinema and Space in the World SystemSee chapter "Totality as Conspiracy", on 1970s paranoid thriller cinema
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Boltanski, LucMysteries and Conspiracies: Detective Stories, Spy Novels and the Making of Modern SocietiesDetective stories and spy novels show political ontology of double reality: official but superficial reality and deeper, unoffiicial but more real reality
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Knight, PeterConspiracy Culture: From the Kennedy Assassination to The X-filesShows how Americans distrust not only the narratives of the authorities, but also authority of narrative itself to explain matters
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Butter, Michael and Peter Knight (eds.)Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories
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Fenster, MarkConspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American CultureReflects the pro conspiracy theory stance of 1990s cultural studies
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Graumann, Carl F., Moscovici, Serge (Eds.)Changing Conceptions of Conspiracy
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Robinson, Cedric J.The Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of LeadershipRelevant to questions of irrationality and followership
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Cohn, NormanThe Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle AgesMedieval history
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Hearn, MikeMetahistorical Conspiracieshttps://blog.plan99.net/meta-historical-conspiracies-part-1-2e88f08d6617
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Theory & Philosophy podcastWhat are Conspiracy Panics
Podcast interview with Zack Bratich https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-are-conspiracy-panics-jack-z-bratich-keyword/id1480965056?i=1000502640619
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