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Conspiracy Theories

Drążkiewicz, Elżbieta LU orcid and Rabo, Annika (2021) p.1-4
Abstract
Conspiracy theories are one way of dealing with gaps between hopes and reality, between the visible and the hidden, and between expert and lay knowledge. They are meaning systems that either explain or make sense of specific events or of social, political, or economic systems of power. Conspiracy theories assume that some actors intentionally conspire to harm others for their own benefit. Often they are linked to feelings of persecution against a way of life; against whole ethnic, racial, or religious groups; or against specific groups. They frequently address fundamental questions about the presence of good and evil, and purport to unveil hidden forces in the world. Thus, they are often connected to cosmologies in ways that make for... (More)
Conspiracy theories are one way of dealing with gaps between hopes and reality, between the visible and the hidden, and between expert and lay knowledge. They are meaning systems that either explain or make sense of specific events or of social, political, or economic systems of power. Conspiracy theories assume that some actors intentionally conspire to harm others for their own benefit. Often they are linked to feelings of persecution against a way of life; against whole ethnic, racial, or religious groups; or against specific groups. They frequently address fundamental questions about the presence of good and evil, and purport to unveil hidden forces in the world. Thus, they are often connected to cosmologies in ways that make for interesting anthropological scrutiny.
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conspiracy theories, rumours, gossip
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The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
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Callan, Hilary
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4 pages
publisher
Wiley
ISBN
9781118924396
9780470657225
DOI
10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2449
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English
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