Paranoia within Reason - A Casebook on Conspiracy as Explanation (Paperback)

Like the McCarthy era of the 1950s, there is a strong current of paranoid social thought as the end of the century approaches. Conspiracy theories abound, not only in extremist ideologies and groups, but in commerce, science, and economics-arenas where a paranoid style is least expected. A curiosity about paranoia at its most reasonable is at the root of this volume.
Some pieces develop conversations that reveal the post-Cold War situations of countries such as Italy, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States where conspiratorial explanations of national dramas seem to make sense. Other pieces tackle paranoia as a style of debate in such diverse realms as science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment, where conspiracy theories emerge as a compelling way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of immense changes that undermine them. Like all of the volumes in the Late Edition series, "Paranoia Within Reason" offers a provocative challenge to our ways of understanding the ongoing watershed changes that face us.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1999
First published:	February 1999
Editors:	George E. Marcus
Dimensions:	235 x 165 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	454
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-50458-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-50458-1
Barcode:	9780226504582

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