Bergmann Conspiracy & Populism

The Politics of Misinformation
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-90359-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

Europeans are being replaced by foreign invaders, aided by cultural Marxists who are plotting an Islamist subversion of the continent. The Bilderberg group – and/or the Illuminati – are instating a totalitarian New World Order. Angela Merkel is the secret daughter of Adolf Hitler, Barack Obama was illegitimate, and George W. Bush was in on the 9/11 attacks. Also, the Holocaust is a hoax, members of Pussy Riot are agents of the West, and the European Union is resurrecting the Roman Empire, this time as a communist super-state. These are some of the tales that are told by populist political actors across Europe, were raised during the Brexit debate in the UK, and have been promoted by presidents of both the US and Russia. Rapid rise of populist political parties around Europe and across the Atlantic in the early new millennium coincided with the simultaneous increased spread of conspiracy theories. This book entangles the two tropes and maps how right-wing populists apply conspiracy theories to advance their politics and support for their parties.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bergmann, Eirikur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface and Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;9
3;Abbreviations;13
4;1 Introduction;15
4.1;Rise of Populist Conspiracy Theories;17
4.2;In History and All Around;19
4.3;Stigma;20
4.4;Links to Extremism;21
4.5;Moving into the Mainstream;21
4.6;Multi-disciplinary;23
4.7;Definitions and Concepts;26
4.8;Aim and Frame;27
4.9;Structure of the Book;28
4.10;References;30
5;2 Kinds of Conspiracy Theories;32
5.1;New World Order;35
5.2;Antichrist;36
5.3;Early Illuminati;38
5.4;Interwar Illuminati;39
5.5;Contemporary Illuminati;40
5.6;Protocols of the Elders of Zion;41
5.7;Anti-Catholic;43
5.8;Holy Grail;44
5.9;Anti-Islam;45
5.10;Bilderberg Group;46
5.11;Deep State;47
5.12;Assassinations—Dead and Alive;48
5.13;Deceptions, Disasters, Diseases and Medicine;48
5.14;False Flag Operations—And 9/11;50
5.15;Sinister Politics—The Birthers;52
5.16;Black—And White—Genocide;53
5.17;Rankings;54
5.18;References;55
6;3 The Anatomy of Conspiracy Theories;59
6.1;Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories;61
6.2;Stigmatized Knowledge;62
6.3;Divisions and Categories;63
6.4;Practical or Pathological Paranoia;64
6.5;Design;67
6.6;Unverifiable Truths;68
6.7;Secrecy and Agency;69
6.8;Good and Evil;70
6.9;Making Sense;71
6.10;For Losers?;73
6.11;Predispositions;74
6.12;Conspiratorial Correlations;75
6.13;General and Widespread;76
6.14;Precariousness;78
6.15;References;79
7;4 Dissecting Populism;82
7.1;Populism;84
7.2;Nationalism;86
7.3;Fascism;90
7.4;Internationalization and Migration;90
7.5;Cultural Racism;91
7.6;Oil Crisis—First Wave;93
7.7;Collapse of Communism—Second Wave;94
7.8;International Financial Crisis—Third Wave;96
7.9;Integration into the Mainstream;99
7.10;Erosion of Democratic Norms;100
7.11;Framing Nationalist Populism;102
7.12;Common Qualities;103
7.13;References;106
8;5 Disrupting the Trust—Nature of Populist CTs;109
8.1;Common Tropes;111
8.2;Political Arena;112
8.3;Disrupting the Trust;115
8.4;Populist Conspiratorialism;117
8.5;Of the Powerful;118
8.6;The National Front in France;120
8.7;Post-Soviet Russia;122
8.8;Trump’s America;125
8.9;Brexit and Anti-EU;127
8.10;References;129
9;6 The Eurabia Doctrine;133
9.1;Migration;135
9.2;Sharia Panic;136
9.3;Brexit—Fear of Muslim Migration;139
9.4;Muslim America;140
9.5;Charlottesville—White Genocide;143
9.6;Infiltrating the Nordics;144
9.7;Welfare Chauvinism;146
9.8;Ethno-Cultural Cohesion;147
9.9;Cartoon Crisis;148
9.10;Dominant Discourse;149
9.11;Us and Them;150
9.12;Ultra-Nationalists;152
9.13;Fighting Islamisation;153
9.14;References;155
10;7 Transmission and Fake News;160
10.1;Framing Fake News;162
10.2;Social Media and the Post-truth Era;164
10.3;Pizza-Gate and the USA;166
10.4;Russia’s Misinformation Tactics;168
10.5;Pussy Riot;169
10.6;References;171
11;8 Conclusions: The Politics of Misinformation;173
12;Index;183