ROROTOKO :: Mark Fenster on the updated edition of his book Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture :: Cutting-edge Intellectual Nonfiction through In-depth Author Interviews

ROROTOKO :: Mark Fenster on the updated edition of his book Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture :: Cutting-edge Intellectual Nonfiction through In-depth Author Interviews: "Viewed this way, a conspiracy theory is symptomatic of a larger sickness from which the believers suffer, caused in part by their marginal position within society. Conspiracy theories are more complex than this simple story tells—historically, politically, and culturally. They have played a key or at least non-trivial role in many of the social movements throughout American history, from the beginnings of the Republic to the present day. Moreover, conspiracy theories remain remarkably popular. In the political world, politicians and partisans disparage their opponents’ beliefs as conspiracy theory while they maintain that those same opponents are engaged in conspiratorial acts."