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  CAIR, Captive of Conspiracism [Weblog] - Daniel Pipes
Conspiracism tries to figure out how power is exercised in society, but ends up oversimplifying the complexities of modern society by blaming societal problems on manipulation by a handful of evil individuals.
As such, conspiracism is neither investigative reporting, which seeks to expose actual conspiracies through careful research; nor is it power structure research, which seeks to accurately analyze the distribution of power and privilege in a society.
By the way, Berlet goes on to assert that "Overwhelmingly, … conspiracism in the U.S. is the central historic narrative of right-wing populism." That may have been true decades ago, but these days, the left is far more prone to this way of thinking.
www.danielpipes.org /blog/632   (466 words)

  
 PublicEye.org - Conspiracism as a Flawed Worldview
Conspiracism tries to figure out how power is exercised in society, but ends up oversimplifying the complexites of modern society by blaming societal problems on manipulation by a handful of evil individuals.
Overwhelmingly, however, conspiracism in the U.S. is the central historic narrative of right-wing populism.
Conspiracism is a narrative form of scapegoating that portrays an enemy as part of a vast insidious plot against the common good.
www.publiceye.org /top_conspire.html   (1146 words)

  
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Conspiracism is the irrational idea that history is controlled by evil cabals plotting against the common good.
Conspiracism is widespread and flourishing in US culture, and involves not just the political right but center and left constituencies as well.
Conspiracism is not merely an extremist phenomenon among a "lunatic fringe" of the radical right, but is deeply imbedded in our culture.
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 Tall tales - Inside Indonesia
This preoccupation with conspiracy theories, often referred to as conspiracism, is not unique to Indonesia.
Conspiracism is especially common in deprived, traumatised or repressed communities where reliable information is scarce, intra-communal mistrust is high and the state is given to arbitrary abuse of its citizens.
This would seem to reflect a sense that the world is now more hostile towards Indonesia and that Western nations and foreign corporations are seeking to exploit the country's economic and political problems for their own ends.
www.insideindonesia.org /edit74/fealy.html   (1527 words)

  
 Conspiracism
"Conspiracism" is a term used by social scientists and scholars to refer to adherents of
According to Berlet and Lyons, "Conspiracism is a particular narrative form of scapegoating that frames demonized enemies as part of a vast insidious plot against the common good, while it valorizes the scapegoater as a hero for sounding the alarm" (2000: p.
It is based upon the perception that such beliefs are unfounded, outlandish, or irrational, or are otherwise unworthy of serious consideration.
www.whale.to /a/conspiracism.html   (298 words)

  
 PublicEye.org - Conspiracism
Dismissing the conspiracism often found in right-wing populism as irrational extremism, lunatic hysteria, or marginalized radicalism does little to challenge these movements, fails to deal with concrete conflicts and underlying institutional issues, invites government repression, and sacrifices the early targets of the scapegoaters on the altar of denial.
Conspiracism can occur as a characteristic of mass movements, between sectors in an intra-elite power struggle, or as a justification for state agencies to engage in repressive actions.
Conspiracist scapegoating is woven deeply into US culture and the process appears not just on the political right but in center and left constituencies as well.
www.publiceye.org /tooclose/conspiracism.html   (532 words)

  
 They're Out To Get Us : CONSPIRACY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
As a consequence there is a temptation to regard conspiracy theory as "a minor phenomenon, even a laughable distraction," but this is a mistake.
Naziism was conspiracism on the right, its central fear being a Jewish conspiracy; Leninism was conspiracism on the left, its hobgoblin being capitalist imperialism.
Reading Pipes's survey and analysis, one cannot escape the conclusion that conspiracism is a far more common and influential phenomenon than most of us would like to admit.
www.skeptictank.org /hs/p-style2.htm   (541 words)

  
 Israel's plague of 'conspiracism' | Jerusalem Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Conspiracism is probably best characterized as a form of mental illness.
Conspiracism is closely linked with anti-Semitism, and many of the "grand cabal" theories of the conspiracists involve supposed plots by Jews (or "Zionists") to take over the world, or at least American foreign policy.
Conspiracism feeds on misrepresentation of facts, outright lying, and tendentious twisting of unrelated factoids into a grand theory.
www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1138622530977&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter   (847 words)

  
 Democratic Underground - Conspiracism, antisemitism and the left
Conspiracism is nothing more than scapegoating -- scapegoating of race, of ethnicity, of sexual-preference, of religous belief and disbelief.
I think between myself, Taxloss and a couple others that we've shown hands down how the 9-11 conspiracism originated in and promotes antisemitism and neonazis.
Like I said, we can let antisemitism and conspiracism sit there in the corner rotting, and festering and stinking up the left or we can take a stand and clean the place up.
www.democraticunderground.com /discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=77195&mesg_id=77212   (876 words)

  
 neurodiversity.com | conspiracism
Offering examples and analyses of conspiracist thinking in the anti-vaccination movement, and articles generally analyzing conspiracism as a world-view.
Fair warning: many of these pages were chosen precisely because of their bizarre, inflammatory and racist content.
It seems clear that if this toxic stew of pathogens is intended as an immunization, the cure might be worse than the cause.
www.neurodiversity.com /conspiracism.html   (3089 words)

  
 Conspiracism
The American left’s hostility to conspiracy theories ­or conspiracism as it is being named ­ is intelligible.
Political Research Associates does not criticize conspiracism because we want to shield those with unfair power and privilege; but because we believe that conspiracism impedes attempts to build a social movement for real social justice, economic fairness, equality, peace, and democracy.
In the midst of this recent ritual flogging of conspiracy theories, Justin Raimondo came up with the term “conspiracy chic”.
www.steamshovelpress.com /fromeditor28.html   (811 words)

  
 The Consortium
A lengthy article in a recent issue of Newsweek declared that the "ranks of the darkly deluded may be growing" as "conspiracism has become a kind of para-religion." The article goes on to denounce movie director Oliver Stone, the African-American community and Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, for promoting irresponsible conspiracy theories.
Similar patterns of half-truths and lies have surrounded other important events -- from the Vietnam War to the John F. Kennedy assassination, from Watergate to Iran-contra -- further contributing to public distrust.
Faced with this recent history, it is hardly surprising that a culture of "conspiracism" and "paranoia" would emerge in the United States.
www.consortiumnews.com /archive/story20.html   (877 words)

  
 AlterNet: Blogs: The Mix: Greg Palast's conspiracism isn't helpful …
We must stamp out conspiracism on the Left--it undermines faith in authority.
And we must have their faith if we are to keep control.
Reproduction of material from any AlterNet pages without written permission is strictly prohibited.
www.alternet.org /blogs/themix/38468/?comments=view&cID=148729&pID=148725   (5741 words)

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