Conspiracy Theories in Eastern Europe: Tropes and Trends

ISBN-13: 9780367566968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 310 str.

Anastasiya Astapova; Onoriu Colăcel; Corneliu Pintilescu

Opis

This collection of state-of-the-art essays explores conspiracy cultures in post-socialist Eastern Europe, ranging from the nineteenth century to contemporary manifestations.

Spis treści

Introduction: Eastern Europe in the Global Traffic of Conspiracy Theories  Part I. Conspiracy Culture under Socialism and its Afterlife in Eastern Europe  1. Chernobyl Conspiracy Theories: From American Sabotage to the Biggest Hoax of the Century  2. Stalinist Conspiracy Theories in France and Italy: The Limits of Postwar Communist Conspiracy Culture  3. "By the Order of their Foreign Masters": Soviet Dissidents, Anti-Western Conspiracy, and the Deprivation of Agency  Part II. "The Enemy Within": Jews and Freemasons  4. The Myth of a Judeo-Bolshevik Conspiracy in Hungary, Within and Beyond the Far Right  5. An Open Secret: Freemasonry and Justice in Post-Socialist Bulgaria  6. From Judeo-Polonia to Act 447: How and Why Did the Jewish Conspiracy Myth Become a Central Issue in Polish Political Discourse?  Part III. After Independence: Nation-building and Victimhood Narratives  7. Dissolution of Yugoslavia as a Conspiracy and its Haunting Returns: Narratives of Internal and External Othering  8. The Dangerous Russian Other in Ukrainian Conspiratorial Discourse: Media Representations of the Odessa Tragedy  9. The Victims, the Guilty, and "Us": Notions of Victimhood in Slovakian Conspiracy Theories  Part IV. Eastern Europe Goes Global: Conspiracy Theories and the Rise of Populism  10. Soros Conspiracy Theories and the Rise of Populism in Post-Socialist Hungary and Romania  11. Conspiracy Theories on Moldovan Commercial TV  12. North Macedonia Goes Global: Pro-EU Aspiration and Anti-EU Sentiment as a Basis for EU-related Conspiracy Theories  13. Conspiracy Theory Theory, Epistemology, and Eastern Europe