A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy

A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy

Nancy L. Rosenblum, Russell Muirhead
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Publication Date: February 4th, 2020
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN:
9780691202259
Pages:
232
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Description

How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy--and what can be done about it

Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new--conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, how it undermines democracy, and what needs to be done to resist it.

About the Author

Russell Muirhead is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth College and the author of The Promise of Party in a Polarized Age, among other books. Nancy L. Rosenblum is the Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard University. Her books include Good Neighbors: The Democracy of Everyday Life in America (Princeton).