Europe: Continent of Conspiracies: Conspiracy Theories in and about Europe

Andreas Önnerfors (Curatore)

André Krouwel (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021

This edited volume investigates for the first time the impact of conspiracy theories upon the understanding of Europe as a geopolitical entity as well as an imagined political and cultural space. Focusing on recent developments, the individual chapters explore a range of conspiratorial positions related to Europe. In the current climate of fear and threat, new and old imaginaries of conspiracies such as Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have been mobilised. A dystopian or even apocalyptic image of Europe in terminal decline is evoked in Eastern European and particularly by Russian pro-Kremlin media, while the EU emerges as a screen upon which several narratives of conspiracy are projected trans-nationally, ranging from the Greek debt crisis to migration, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodological perspectives applied in this volume range from qualitative discourse and media analysis to quantitative social-psychological approaches, and there are a number of national and transnational case studies. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of extremism, conspiracy theories and European politics.

• Curatore: Andreas Önnerfors, André Krouwel
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Conspiracy Theories
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 268 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 453 gr.
• EAN: 9780367500689

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