1st Edition

Impossible Knowledge Conspiracy Theories, Power, and Truth

By Todor Hristov Copyright 2019
106 Pages
by Routledge

106 Pages
by Routledge

106 Pages
by Routledge

Conspiracy theorists claim impossible knowledge, such as knowledge of the doings of a secret world government. Yet they accept this impossible knowledge as truth. In effect, conspiracy theories detach truth from knowledge. Knowledge without power is powerless. And the impossible knowledge claimed by conspiracy theorists is rigorously excluded from the regimes of truth and power – that is not... Read more

Introduction



Chapter 1. Suffering



Chapter 2. Desire



Chapter 3. Power and Truth



Conclusion. Against Debunking

Biography

Todor Hristov is a critical theorist based at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria.