1st Edition
Conspiracy Theories in the Arab World Sources and Politics
By Matthew Gray
Copyright 2010
224 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Conspiracy theories, while not unique to the Middle East, are a salient feature of the political discourses of the region. Strongly reflecting and impacting on state-society relations and indigenous impressions of the world beyond the region, they affect how political behaviour within and among the states of the region is situated, structured, and controlled.
Discounting the common pathological... Read more
Introduction 1. Conspiricism and Conspiracy Theories 2. Actual Conspiracies, Perceived Conspiracies and Historical Writings 3. State, Society, Ideological Vacuums and Conspiracism 4. The State as Conspiracist 5. Beyond State and Society: Globalisation and Transnational Conspiricism. Conclusion
Biography
Matthew Gray is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. His research focus is the politics and political economy of the contemporary Arab world, and he has published widely on these in academic journals and edited books.
