Paranoia Within Reason: A Casebook on Conspiracy as Explanation PDF
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Ally IONS GEORGE E. MARCUS, evitoR eee NM P- A» Rega N Ges) 6A WoT hHeae REAS ON A CASEBOOK ON CONSPIRACY AS i i ee = a CULTURAL STUDIES FOR FHE END OF“FHE-GENTURY , —a a PARANOIA WITHIN REASON World Map 2, © 1989 by Nina Katchadourian Jae Editions = s | Studies for the End of the Century Wpwny nS PARANOIA WITHIN REASON A CASEBOOK ON CONSPIRACY AS EXPLANATION George E. Marcus, EDITOR The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London George E. Marcus is professor of anthropology at Rice University. He is coauthor of Anthropology as Cultural Critique (University of Chicago Press, 1986) and was the inaugural editor of the journal Cultural Anthropology. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1999 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1999 Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 e253 455 ISBN: 0-226-50457-3 (cloth) ISBN: 0-226-50458-1 (paper) ISSN: 1070-8987 (for Late Editions) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. VIL CONTENTS Preface: A Reintroduction to the Series ix Introduction to the Volume: The Paranoid Style Now GEORGE E. Marcus 1 Conspiracy Theory’s Worlds KATHLEEN STEWART 13 Paranoid, Critical, Methodical: Dali, Koolhaas, and... JAMER HUNT 21 I. Paranoia within Reason The Extraterritoriality of Imre Lakatos: A Conversation with Janos Radvanyi JOHN KADVANY 39 Entangled States: Quantum Teleportation and the “Willies” MICHAEL FORTUN 65 The Detection and Attribution of Conspiracies: The Controversy Over Chapter 8 MYANNA LAHSEN 111 The New Alienists: Healing Shattered Selves at Century’s End MICHAEL F. BROWN 137 Due Diligence and the Pursuit of Transparency: The Securities and Exchange Commission, 1996 KIM AND MICHAEL FORTUN 157 II. Paranoid Histories The Usual Suspects ANDREA AURELI 197 Viil CONTENTS A Toast to Fear: Ethnographic Flashes and Two Quasi-Aphorisms Luiz E. SOARES 225 10 The Return of the Repressed: Conversations with Three Russian Entrepreneurs BRUCE GRANT 241 11 Udbomafija and the Rhetoric of Conspiracy TATIANA BAJUK 269 III. Paranoid Presents 12 The Judas Kiss of Giulio Andreotti: Italy in Purgatorio ROBIN WAGNER-PACIFICI 299 13 Tactical Thuggery: National Socialism in the East End of London DOUGLAS R. HOLMES 319 14 Lone Gunmen: Legacies of the Gulf War, Iilness,and Unseen Enemies Kim FoRTUN 343 15 Deus Absconditus: Waco, Conspiracy (Theory), Millennialism, and (the End of) the Twentieth Century JAMES D. FAUBION 375 16 An American Theme Park: Working and Riding Out Paranoia in the Late Twentieth Century Scott A. Lukas 405 Contributors 429 Index 431
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