Empire of Conspiracy : : The Culture of Paranoia in Postwar America / / Timothy Melley.
Why, Timothy Melley asks, have paranoia and conspiracy theory become such prominent features of postwar American culture? In Empire of Conspiracy, Melley explores the recent growth of anxieties about thought-control, assassination, political indoctrination, stalking, surveillance, and corporate and...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION: THE CULTURE OF PARANOIA
- CHAPTER 1: BUREAUCRACY AND ITs DISCONTENTS
- CHAPTER 2: BODIES INCORPORATED
- CHAPTER 3: STALKED BY LOVE
- CHAPTER 4: SECRET AGENTS
- CHAPTER 5: THE LOGIC OF ADDICTION
- EPILOGUE: CORPORATE FUTURES
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX