Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From

Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From is a 1997 book by historian Daniel Pipes.

In his book, Conspiracy theory and American foreign policy, political scientist Tim Aistrop of the university of Queensland, Conspiracy is a useful starring point in understand the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the Muslim world. Pipes argues out that Conspiracy theories were mainstream in Western countries throughout the 19th and into the early 20th century, but were discredited and driven to the margins in the West because of their use by fascist and communist regimes. However, they remained mainstream within the Eastern Bloc and in Muslim countries.[1]

With a hint to The Paranoid Style in American Politics, an essay published in 1964 by American historian Richard J. Hofstadter, Pipes argues that theories about purely imaginary conspiracies, what he calls "the fear of non-existent conspiracies,"[2] have flourished down through the ages, and have sometimes had significant impact, causing cupps and revolutions, bringing leaders including Lenin, Peron, Napoleon and Saddam Hussein into power, and driving Trujillo, the Gang of Four and James II of England from power.[3]

Francis Fukuyama describes conspiracy as a "fascinating account of conspiracy theories down through the ages, from early Christian accusations against the Jews to contemporary African-American theorizing about a police conspiracy to frame O. J. Simpson and the CIA's role in promoting the aids epidemic in urban ghettoes."[4]

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  1. ↑ Aistrop, Tim (2016). Conspiracy theory and American foreign policy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 1784997374.
  2. ↑ Jesse Walker. The Independent Review 3, no. 1 (1998): 138-42. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24560870.
  3. ↑ Foss, Clive. "Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and where it comes from (book review)". History Today. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Fukkuyama, Francis (March 1998). "Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From (Book review)". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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