Description
So far most scholars have studied conspiracy theories within national frameworks only. Focusing on the United States and the Middle East, two regions entangled in multiple ways, this book draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures.
Chapter
Introduction: Mapping Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East
I. The United States and the Middle East
My Enemies Must Be Friends: The American Extreme Right, Conspiracy Theory, Islam, and the Middle East
From Mosaddeq to HAARP: Some Aspects of the Conspiratorial Component of U.S.-Iranian Relations
“Zionising” the Middle East: Rumours of the “Kissinger Plan” in Lebanon, 1973–1982
The Da Vinci Code, Crusade Conspiracies, and the Clash of Historiographies
II. The Politics of Conspiracy Theory
The Society of Death and Anglo-American Fears of Conspiracy in Gold Rush California, 1849–1858
The Function of Secrecy in Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories: The Case of Dönmes in Turkey
Hizbullah Between Pan-Islamic Ideology and Domestic Politics: Conspiracy Theories as Medium for Political Mobilization and Integration
III. The Promises of Conspiracy Theory
Narrating the ‘Crisis of Representation’: The Cultural Work of Conspiracy in Larry Beinhart’s Novels on the Bush Presidencies
Small and Large Scale Conspiracy Theories and Their Problems: An Example from Turkey
“It Has All Been Planned”: Talking about Us and Powerful Others in Contemporary Syria
The Transfer of Anti-Illuminati Conspiracy Theories to the United States in the Late Eighteenth Century
The Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy: The Path from the Cemetery of Prague to Arab Anti-Zionist Propaganda
Western Theories about Conspiracy Theories and the Middle Eastern Context: The Scope and Limits of Explanatory Transpositions
V. Theorizing Conspiracy Theory
The Politics of Conspiracy Theories: American Histories and Global Narratives
What kind of man are you?”: The Gendered Foundations of U.S. Conspiracism and of Recent Conspiracy Theory Scholarship
Plotting Future Directions in Conspiracy Theory Research
Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East
：A Comparative Approach
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