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A Lot of People Are Saying

The New Conspiracism and the Assault on DemocracyBy Nancy L. Rosenblum, Russell MuirheadNarrated by Katherine Fenton

A Lot of People Are Saying

Length6h 49m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton reveals how the new conspiracists are undermining democracy—and explains what can be done about it Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new—conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, why so few officials speak truth to conspiracy, and what needs to be done to resist it. Classic conspiracy theory insists that things are not what they seem and gathers evidence—especially facts ominously withheld by official sources—to tease out secret machinations. The new conspiracism is different. There is no demand for evidence, no dots revealed to form a pattern, no close examination of shadowy plotters. Dispensing with the burden of explanation, the new conspiracism imposes its own reality through repetition (exemplified by the Trump catchphrase "a lot of people are saying") and bare assertion ("rigged!"). The new conspiracism targets democratic foundations—political parties and knowledge-producing institutions. It makes it more difficult to argue, persuade, negotiate, compromise, and even to disagree. Ultimately, it delegitimates democracy. Filled with vivid examples, A Lot of People Are Saying diagnoses a defining and disorienting feature of today's politics and offers a guide to responding to the threat.

Audiobook details

GenrePhilosophy, Psychology

Length6 hrs 49 mins

Narrated byKatherine Fenton

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateApr 16, 2019

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Anno, Preface

6Section 2, Delegitimating Democracy, Chapter 4 - Political Parties

2Introduction

7Chapter 5 - Knowledge

3Section 1, The New Conspiracism - Chapter 1 - Conspiracy without the Theory

8Chapter 6 - Who Owns Reality?

4Chapter 2 - It's True Enough

9Section 3, Defending Democracy, Chapter 7 - Speaking Truth

5Chapter 3 - Presidential Conspiracism

10Conclusion: The Crisis of Democracy, Closing Anno

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