{"product_id":"the-stigmatization-of-conspiracy-theory-katharina-thalmann-9781138346802","title":"The Stigmatization of Conspiracy Theory Since the 1950s: A Plot to Make Us Look Foolish","description":"\u003cp\u003eAre conspiracy theories everywhere and is everyone a conspiracy theorist? This ground-breaking study challenges some of the widely shared assessments in the scholarship about a perceived mainstreaming of conspiracy theory. It claims that conspiracy theory underwent a significant shift in status in the mid-20th century and has since then become highly visible as an object of concern in public debates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding an in-depth analysis of academic and media discourses, Katharina Thalmann is the first scholar to systematically trace the history and process of the delegitimization of conspiracy theory. By reading a wide range of conspiracist accounts about three central events in American history from the 1950s to 1970s - the Great Red Scare, the Kennedy assassination, and the Watergate scandal - Thalmann shows that a veritable conspiracist subculture emerged in the 1970s as conspiracy theories were pushed out of the legitimate marketplace of ideas and conspiracy theory became a commodity not unlike pornography: alluring in its illegitimacy, commonsensical, and highly profitable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will be of interest to scholars and researchers interested in American history, culture and subcultures, as well, of course, to those fascinated by conspiracies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katharina Thalmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138346802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138346802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020","brand":"Katharina Thalmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087728488703,"sku":"9781138346802","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a3fe9be-2b5c-46eb-b297-41fb238287ae.jpg?v=1769101073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stigmatization-of-conspiracy-theory-katharina-thalmann-9781138346802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}