TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barkun,Michael
TI  - A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America
T2  - Comparative studies in religion and society
SN  - 9780520956520 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL503.2 .B37 2013 
U1  - 306.1 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Millennialism
KW  - United States
KW  - Conspiracies
KW  - Human-alien encounters
KW  - Conspiracies -- United States
KW  - Human-alien encounters -- United States
KW  - Millennialism -- United States
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to the First Edition; 1 The Nature of Conspiracy Belief; 2 Millennialism, Conspiracy, and Stigmatized Knowledge; 3 New World Order Conspiracies I: The New World Order and the Illuminati; 4 New World Order Conspiracies II: A World of Black Helicopters; 5 UFO Conspiracy Theories, 1975-1990; 6 UFOs Meet the New World Order: Jim Keith and David Icke; 7 Armageddon Below; 8 UFOs and the Search for Scapegoats I: Anti-Catholicism and Anti-Masonry; 9 UFOs and the Search for Scapegoats II: Anti-Semitism among the Aliens; 10 September II Conspiracies: The First Phase11 September II Conspiracies: The Second Phase; 12 Conspiracy Theories about Barack Obama; 13 Conspiracists and Violence; 14 Apocalyptic Expectations about the Year 2012; 15 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
N2  - American society has changed dramatically since A Culture of Conspiracy was first published in 2001. In this revised and expanded edition, Michael Barkun delves deeper into America's conspiracy sub-culture, exploring the rise of 9/11 conspiracy theories, the ""birther"" controversy surrounding Barack Obama's American citizenship, and how the conspiracy landscape has changed with the rise of the Internet and other new media.What do UFO believers, Christian millennialists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists have in common? According to Michael Barkun in this fascinating yet d
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