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A Lot of People Are Saying
The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy
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2019
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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 and Just Work. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. 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 and On the Side of the Angels: An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship (both Princeton). She lives in New York City.
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"[Muirhead and Rosenblum] are convincing in their argument that there is something different afoot in the world of conspiracy and that danger lies ahead if we don't confront it with truth and action."
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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Introduction
1 - SECTION I. THE NEW CONSPIRACISM
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1. Conspiracy without the Theory
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2. It’s True Enough
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3. Presidential Conspiracism
59 - SECTION II. DELEGITIMATING DEMOCRACY
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4. Political Parties
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5. Knowledge
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6. Who Owns Reality?
122 - SECTION III. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
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7. Speaking Truth
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Conclusion. THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY
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NOTES
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INDEX
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Keywords for this book
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