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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Merlan, Anna, author.     Subjects     Conspiracy theories -- United States.     Conspiracy theories -- Political aspects -- United States.     Political culture -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Merlan, Anna, author.       by title:      Republic of lies : A...         MARC Display

Republic of lies : American conspiracy theorists and their surprising rise to power / Anna Merlan. by Merlan, Anna, author. New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019. Subjects Conspiracy theories -- United States.   Conspiracy theories -- Political aspects -- United States.   Political culture -- United States. ISBN:  9781250159052 (hardcover) : 1250159059 (hardcover) : Description:  275 pages ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue -- False times -- "None of it is crazy" -- Nocturnal ritual pizza party -- False flags -- Useful murders -- Medical oddities -- A natural man -- White nationalist cookout -- The politics of UFOs -- Conspiracism is for everyone : The deep state and Russiagate -- Epilogue. Requests:  0 Summary:  A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond. American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump, previously outlandish ideas suddenly attained legitimacy. Trump himself is a conspiracy enthusiast: from his claim that global warming is a Chinese hoax to the accusations of "fake news," he has fanned the flames of suspicion. But it was not by the power of one man alone that these ideas gained new power. Republic of Lies looks beyond the caricatures of conspiracy theorists to explain their tenacity. Without lending the theories validity, Anna Merlan gives a nuanced, sympathetic account of the people behind them, across the political spectrum, and the circumstances that helped them take hold. The lack of a social safety net, inadequate education, bitter culture wars, and years of economic insecurity have created large groups of people who feel forgotten by their government and even besieged by it. Our contemporary conditions are a perfect petri dish for conspiracy movements: a durable, permanent, elastic climate of alienation and resentment. All the while, an army of politicians and conspiracy-peddlers has fanned the flames of suspicion to serve their own ends. Bringing together penetrating historical analysis and gripping on-the-ground reporting, Republic of Lies transforms our understanding of American paranoia.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 001.90973 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 001.90973 Merlan Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 001.90973 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 001.90973 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 001.90973 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 001.90973 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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