Paranoia Within Reason: A Casebook on Conspiracy as Explanation

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George E. Marcus
University of Chicago Press, 1999 M03 15 - 440 pages
Preface: A Reintroduction to the Series Introduction to the Volume: The Paranoid Style Now George E. Marcus 1 Conspiracy Theory's Worlds Kathleen Stewart 2 Paranoid, Critical, Methodical: Dali, Koolhaas, and ... Jamer Hunt I. Paranoia within Reason 3 The Extraterritoriality of Imre Lakatos: A Conversation with Janos Radvanyi John Kadvany 4 Entangled States: Quantum Teleportation and the "Willies" Michael Fortun 5 The Detection and Attribution of Conspiracies: The Controversy Over Chapter 8 6 The New Alienists: Healing Shattered Selves at Century's End Michael F. Brown 7 Due Diligence and the Pursuit of Transparency: The Securities and Exchange Commission, 1996 Kim and Michael Fortun II. Paranoid Histories 8 The Usual Suspects Andrea Aureli 9 A Toast to Fear: Ethnographic Flashes and Two Quasi-Aphorisms Luiz E. Soares 10 The Return of the Repressed: Conversations with Three Russian Entrepreneurs Bruce Grant 11 Udbomafija and the Rhetoric of Conspiracy Tatiana Bajuk III. Paranoid Presents 12 The Judas Kiss of Giulio Andreotti: Italy in Purgatorio Robin Wagner-Pacifici 13 Tactical Thuggery: National Socialism in the East End of London Douglas R. Holmes 14 Lone Gunmen: Legacies of the Gulf War, Illness, and Unseen Enemies Kim Fortun 15 Deus Absconditus: Waco, Conspiracy (Theory), Millennialism, and (the End of) the Twentieth Century James D. Faubion 16 An American Theme Park: Working and Riding Out Paranoia in the Late Twentieth Century Scott A. Lukas Contributors Index.

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Contents

The Paranoid Style
1
Conspiracy Theorys Worlds
13
Dalí Koolhaas
21
Paranoia within Reason
31
A Conversation with
39
Quantum Teleportation and the Willies
65
The Controversy
111
Healing Shattered Selves at Centurys
137
Conversations with Three Russian
241
Udbomafija and the Rhetoric of Conspiracy
269
Paranoid Presents
293
Italy in Purgatorio
299
National Socialism in the East End of London
319
Legacies of the Gulf War Illnessand Unseen
343
Waco Conspiracy Theory Millennialism
375
Working and Riding Out Paranoia
405

The Securities
157
Paranoid Histories
193
Ethnographic Flashes and Two QuasiAphorisms
225
Contributors
429
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George E. Marcus is professor of political science at Williams College and the author, coauthor, or coeditor of seven books, including, most recently, Political Psychology: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Politics.

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