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oapen-20.500.12657-412522022-07-21T13:59:23Z The Spectacle of the False Flag Wilson, Eric Shantz, Jeff Preparata, Guido Giacomo criminology US politics conspiracy social theory bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology "Eric Wilson’s work poses crucial challenges to social theory, unsettling our understanding of the nature of the liberal democratic state. In The Spectacle of the False Flag, he urges the reader to examine the, often unconsidered, deep state practices that confound conventional notions of the state as monolithic or uniform. This compelling volume traces deep state conflicts and convergences through central cases in the development of American political economic power — JFK/Dallas, LBJ/Gulf of Tonkin, and Nixon/Watergate. Rigorously documented and unflinchingly analyzed, “The Spectacle of the False Flag” provides a stunning example of a new criminological practice—one that takes the state seriously, making the inner workings of the state rather than its effects the primary object of study. Drawing upon a wealth of historical records and developing the theoretical insights of Guy Debord’s writings on spectacular society, Wilson offers a glimpse into a necessary criminology to come." 2020-08-12T09:08:29Z 2020-08-12T09:08:29Z 2014 book 9780988234055 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41252 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 0347.1.00.pdf punctum books 10.21983/P3.0347.1.00 10.21983/P3.0347.1.00 979dc044-00ee-4ea2-affc-b08c5bd42d13 9780988234055 ScholarLed 348 Brooklyn, NY open access
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"Eric Wilson’s work poses crucial challenges to social theory, unsettling our understanding of the nature of the liberal democratic state. In The Spectacle of the False Flag, he urges the reader to examine the, often unconsidered, deep state practices that confound conventional notions of the state as monolithic or uniform. This compelling volume traces deep state conflicts and convergences through central cases in the development of American political economic power — JFK/Dallas, LBJ/Gulf of Tonkin, and Nixon/Watergate.
Rigorously documented and unflinchingly analyzed, “The Spectacle of the False Flag” provides a stunning example of a new criminological practice—one that takes the state seriously, making the inner workings of the state rather than its effects the primary object of study. Drawing upon a wealth of historical records and developing the theoretical insights of Guy Debord’s writings on spectacular society, Wilson offers a glimpse into a necessary criminology to come."
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