This text examines the doctrine of Earth First , the environmental movement whose tactics include unorthodox activities. The background, economic status and members of the organization of the movement are included here, along with details of the F.B.I. investigation which occurred.
This text examines the doctrine of Earth First , the environmental movement whose tactics include unorthodox activities. The background, economic stat...
The Americas have always been fertile grounds for millenarian movements, which found their expression through the spirit of revolutionaries and the practical aspirations of the founding fathers. More recently, millenarian themes have also marked the political fringe in spectacular and often violent ways. These eleven original essays, authored by established scholars in the field, explore the ways in which millenarianism pervades late twentieth century life, explain how ancient ways of millenarian thinking affect modern thinking, examine the theoretical roots of millenarianism, and detail a...
The Americas have always been fertile grounds for millenarian movements, which found their expression through the spirit of revolutionaries and the...
How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of political thinking in the United States? What compels people to respond to devastating, unpredictable events--terrorist acts, wars, natural disasters, economic upheavals--with the conviction that nothing is a coincidence, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected?
"Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life" argues that while outlandish paranoid theories themselves may seem nonsensical, the thread of conspiracy thinking throughout American history is a both a...
How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of political thinking in the United States? What compel...
