Among the Truthers

Among the Truthers
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9780062079343
ISBN-13 : 0062079344
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Among the Truthers by : Jonathan Kay

Download or read book Among the Truthers written by Jonathan Kay and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 9/11 conspiracy theorists and UFO obsessives tothe cult of Ayn Rand and Birthercrusaders, America is suffering from an explosion in post-rationalistideological movements. In Among the Truthers,journalist Jonathan Kay offers a thoughtful and sobering look at how socialnetworking and Web-based video sharing have engendered a flourishing of new conspiracism. Kay details the sociological profiles of tenbrands of modern conspiracists—the Failed Historian,the Mid-Life Crack-Up, the Damaged Survivor, the Campus Revolutionary, theStoner, the Clinical Case, the Puzzle Solver, the Christian Doomsayer, the CosmicVoyager, and the Egomaniac—in a compelling exploration of America’s departurefrom reason and what it means for the very future of rational discourse as thenation steps further into the 21st century.


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