Conspiracy theories
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Conspiracy theories
- Here are entered works on theories that postulate that certain events or phenomena occurred as a result of conspiracies among interested parties. Works on a particular event that is considered by some to be the result of a conspiracy are entered under the heading or headings appropriate for the event.
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009007844
- info:lc/authorities/sh2009007844
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2009007844#concept
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Aaronovitch, D. Voodoo histories : the role of the conspiracy theory in shaping modern history, c2009.
- found: OED, viewed online Aug. 24, 2009: conspiracy (4. Special combs. conspiracy theory, the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; spec. a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event; so conspiracy theorist)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 24, 2009 (Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any conspiracy claim. However, it has come to almost exclusively refer to any theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful Machiavellian conspirators, such as a "secret team" or "shadow government", rather than broad social forces and large structures of human collectivities)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on theories that postulate that certain events or phenomena occurred as a result of conspiracies among interested parties. Works on a particular event that is considered by some to be the result of a conspiracy are entered under the heading or headings appropriate for the event.
Change Notes
- 2009-08-25: new
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