Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump

• Main Author: Hellinger, Daniel C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: United States-Politics and government.; Political communication.; Communication.; World politics.; US Politics.; Political Communication.; Media and Communication.; Political History.

This book focuses on the constant tension between democracy and conspiratorial behavior in the new global order. It addresses the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Trumpism, and the paranoid style of American politics that existed long before, first identified w...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Conspiracy Theory versus Theorizing Conspiracy
• 2. Paranoia, Conspiracy Panic, and the Regime of Truth
• 3. Trumpism, Fake News and the "New Normal"
• 4. Suspicious Minds, the 2016 Election and Its Aftermath
• 5. Globalization, Populism, Conspiracism
• 6. Dark Money and Trumpism
• 7. The Deep State, Hegemony, and Democracy
• 8. Conclusion: Conspiracy Theories and Political Decay.