We tend to think of conspiracy thinking as "irrational" or "illogical," but in fact it is actually overly rationalistic: it plugs in every empirical detail into a simple logical structure, "the theory can explain all."
Obviously Xian anti-Semitic blood libel is the ur-conspiracy theory but transformed in Enlightenment with essential extra ideas (secret cabals, historical agency).
-
-
(For just one example: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-and-the-politics-of-fear-in-the-early-modern-iberian-world.aspx … Tempted to tag in an old friend whose field of research is exactly this, but will resist!)
-
Quietly leaving this here.https://twitter.com/nra/status/1008016352211283969?s=21 …
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.