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The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory'

A new book shows how a phrase made its way from the crime pages to our political arguments—and picked up a passel of meanings along the way.

Reason

The growing paranoia of British politics

Conspiratorial narratives have always swirled around the corridors of Number 10. Studies of the British style of government have, for decades, explored the role of unofficial briefings and the leaking of information to embarrass colleagues or put an issue on the agenda.

The Conversation

McCarthyism, Past—and Present?

Clay Risen's Red Scare book wrongly frames it as an exclusively conservative hysteria.

Reason

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Today’s populism is informed by bigotry, but its roots lie in the promise of equality

The dark view of populist politics by renowned historian Richard Hofstadter sheds light on the US election

The Guardian - UK

From Donald Trump to Danielle Smith: 4 ways populists are jeopardizing democracy

In 1954, Richard Hofstadter, the eminent American historian of modern conservatism, asked a provocative question about his era’s assault on progressive and left-wing ideals, known as McCarthyism: Where did this extremism come from?

The Conversation

The Big Myth Is Full of Recycled Anti-Capitalist Cheap Shots

A new entrant in the anti-neoliberalism genre fails to land any blows.

Reason

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous

Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter described a “paranoid style” that he observed in right-wing U.S. politics and culture: a blend of “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and…

The Conversation

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How books became the latest target in America's culture war

AMERICA is caught up in a new wave of book banning. It remains to be seen if the craze is a flair up of hysteria or an actual turn in the trajectory…

The National (Scotland)

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