LEADER 05178nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910463035503321 005 20211022220232.0 010 $a0-520-95652-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520956520 035 $a(CKB)2670000000390306 035 $a(EBL)1249497 035 $a(OCoLC)852758258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000917882 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12465988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917882 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10892751 035 $a(PQKB)10028773 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1249497 035 $a(DE-B1597)519495 035 $a(OCoLC)853240721 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520956520 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1249497 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10733122 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL504488 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000390306 100 $a20130318d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA culture of conspiracy$b[electronic resource] $eapocalyptic visions in contemporary America /$fMichael Barkun 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (306 pages) 225 0 $aComparative Studies in Religion and Society ;$v15 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27682-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tPreface to the First Edition --$t1. The Nature of Conspiracy Belief --$t2. Millennialism, Conspiracy, and Stigmatized Knowledge --$t3. New World Order Conspiracies I: The New World Order and the Illuminati --$t4. New World Order Conspiracies II: A World of Black Helicopters --$t5. UFO Conspiracy Theories, 1975-1990 --$t6. UFOs Meet the New World Order: Jim Keith and David Icke --$t7. Armageddon Below --$t8. UFOs and the Search for Scapegoats I: Anti-Catholicism and Anti-Masonry --$t9. UFOs and the Search for Scapegoats II: Anti-Semitism among the Aliens --$t10. September 11 Conspiracies: The First Phase --$t11. September 11 Conspiracies: The Second Phase --$t12. Conspiracy Theories about Barack Obama --$t13. Conspiracists and Violence --$t14. Apocalyptic Expectations about the Year 2012 --$t15. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAmerican society has changed dramatically since A Culture of Conspiracy was first published in 2001. In this revised and expanded edition, Michael Barkun delves deeper into America's conspiracy sub-culture, exploring the rise of 9/11 conspiracy theories, the "birther" controversy surrounding Barack Obama's American citizenship, and how the conspiracy landscape has changed with the rise of the Internet and other new media. What do UFO believers, Christian millennialists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists have in common? According to Michael Barkun in this fascinating yet disturbing book, quite a lot. It is well known that some Americans are obsessed with conspiracies. The Kennedy assassination, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the 2001 terrorist attacks have all generated elaborate stories of hidden plots. What is far less known is the extent to which conspiracist worldviews have recently become linked in strange and unpredictable ways with other "fringe" notions such as a belief in UFOs, Nostradamus, and the Illuminati. Unraveling the extraordinary genealogies and permutations of these increasingly widespread ideas, Barkun shows how this web of urban legends has spread among subcultures on the Internet and through mass media, how a new style of conspiracy thinking has recently arisen, and how this phenomenon relates to larger changes in American culture. This book, written by a leading expert on the subject, is the most comprehensive and authoritative examination of contemporary American conspiracism to date. Barkun discusses a range of material-involving inner-earth caves, government black helicopters, alien abductions, secret New World Order cabals, and much more-that few realize exists in our culture. Looking closely at the manifestations of these ideas in a wide range of literature and source material from religious and political literature, to New Age and UFO publications, to popular culture phenomena such as The X-Files, and to websites, radio programs, and more, Barkun finds that America is in the throes of an unrivaled period of millenarian activity. His book underscores the importance of understanding why this phenomenon is now spreading into more mainstream segments of American culture. 410 0$aComparative Studies in Religion and Society ;$v15 606 $aMillennialism$zUnited States 606 $aConspiracies$zUnited States 606 $aHuman-alien encounters$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMillennialism 615 0$aConspiracies 615 0$aHuman-alien encounters 676 $a306/.1 700 $aBarkun$b Michael$0247152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463035503321 996 $aA culture of conspiracy$92474657 997 $aUNINA