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A myth-busting journey through the twilight world of fringe ideas and alternative facts. Is a secret and corrupt Illuminati conspiring to control world affairs and bring about a New World Order? Was Donald Trump a victim of massive voter fraud? Is Elizabeth II a shapeshifting reptilian alien? Who is doing all this plotting? In Hope and Fear, Ronald H. Fritze explores the fringe ideas and conspiracy theories people have turned to in order to make sense of the world around them, from myths about the Knights Templar and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, to Nazis and the occult, the Protocols of Zion and UFOs. As Fritze reveals, when conspiracy theories, myths, and pseudo-history dominate a society's thinking, facts, reality, and truth fall by the wayside.
A myth-busting journey through the twilight world of fringe ideas and alternative facts. Is a secret and corrupt Illuminati conspiring to control world affairs and bring about a New World Order? Was Donald Trump a victim of massive voter fraud? Is Elizabeth II a shapeshifting reptilian alien? Who is doing all this plotting? In Hope and Fear, Ronald H. Fritze explores the fringe ideas and conspiracy theories people have turned to in order to make sense of the world around them, from myths about the Knights Templar and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, to Nazis and the occult, the Protocols of Zion and UFOs. As Fritze reveals, when conspiracy theories, myths, and pseudo-history dominate a society's thinking, facts, reality, and truth fall by the wayside.
Ronald H. Fritze is Professor of History and Religion at Athens State University, Alabama. He is the author or editor of ten books including Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-Religions (Reaktion, 2009), and Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Fantasy, and Obsession (Reaktion, 2016).
"Whether or not all consumers of pseudo-history take seriously its
claims about secret societies, hidden knowledge, and decades-old
cover ups, narratives that emphasise these themes remain popular
and have arguably achieved their greatest visibility in recent
years. As such, Hope and Fear provides a timely and engaging study
that has the potential to enliven university reading lists on
research methods and the purpose of historical research."--
"History"
"In Hope and Fear, Fritze takes the reader on an enlightening tour
of the sort of minds that latch on to what he calls 'malign forms
of junk knowledge.' The book traces a common link among fans of
freaky fantasies, one that stretches from the Nazi cult of the
supernatural, through alien-abduction conspiracists, and up to the
Covid deniers and QAnon embracers of our own mottled age."--
"Independent"
"This fascinating book demystifies pseudohistory, myths, and
conspiracy theories with surgical precision. Hope and Fear gives us
a complete understanding of these worldwide phenomena and the
reasons why they appear. It will be of great interest not only to
scholars but to any person of intellectual integrity who questions
the reality in which we live, as well as the reversal of fact and
fiction to which we are exposed in our everyday life."--Mirela
Altic, Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
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