1 The Invention of Conspiracy Theory: The French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 The Invention of Conspiracy Theory: The French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati 13
5. 2 Conspiracism Takes Shape in the United States 28
6. 3 Preconditions for Modern Conspiracism: Jewish Assimilation Premillennialism, and Aryan Occultism 47
7. 4. The International Jewish Conspiracy and the Secret Government 67
8. 5 The Emergence of the Hidden Hand 88
9. 6 The Rise and Fall of the Hidden Hand 110
10. 7 From Neo-Nazi to White Supremacist Conspiracism 127
11. 8 The Emergence of the New World Order 143
12. 9 The Conspiracy of Personal Destruction 161
13. 10 The Planners Take Over 180
14. 11 Pan- Ideological Conspiracy Theories: Denialism and Cover- Up 197
15. 12 Conspiracism Proliferates: Some Anomalies 214
16. 13 Christian Identity and the White Race 232
17. 14 The Government Conspiracy against “Us” 250
18. 15 Conspiracism Rebounds: Truthers, Birthers, and the New Militias 269
19. 16 Conspiracism Enters the Mainstream 283
20. 17 The Attack on Science 302
21. 18 Democracy and Civil Society 315
22. Acknowledgments 331
23. Notes 333
24. Index 429