Naslov
Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory and Conspiracy theory

Autori
Blanuša, Nebojša ; Hristov, Todor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories

Urednik/ci
Butter, Michael ; Knight, Peter

Izdavač
Routledge ; Taylor & Francis

Grad
Abingdon : New York (NY)

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
67-80

ISBN
978-0-8153-6174-9

Ključne riječi
Aggresion ; critical theory ; desire ; fantasy ; ideology ; knowledge (paranoid) ; paranoia ; pathologisation ; psychoanalysis ; symbolic order ; unconscious
(Aggresion, critical theory, desire, fantasy, ideology, knowledge (paranoid), paranoia, pathologisation, psychoanalysis, symbolic order, unconscious)

Sažetak
This chapter summarises psychoanalytic accounts of conspiracist thinking. Since seeing ominous conspiracies behind the facade of power has come to seem pathological in the wake of the disastrous consequences of the mass political movements and totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century that were prone to conspiracist thinking, many historians, political scientists and sociologists tried to explain conspiracism as a symptom of paranoia, or as a form of obsessive-compulsive behaviour. The chapter maps out the historical origins of the concept of paranoia, the political application of this approach in social theory, and the theory of fantasy developed by Jacques Lacan, which, along with its reinterpretation by Slavoj Žižek, provides a way of explaining the compulsive desires that seem to drive conspiracist thinking. Finally, the chapter considers the interpretations of conspiracy theories in postmodern culture as symptomatic of the deep structure of capitalism itself rather than of individual psychology.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Psihologija, Filozofija

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