... American politics impasse genre paranoid style literature ...

... conspiracy theory paranoid style post-truth public sphere strategic irrationalism democratic security society ...

... This chapter analyzes Richard Hofstadter’s critique of “the paranoid style” and its influential impact on the terms and tone of liberal and left engagement with the event of Donald Trump. The chapter’s claim is that Hofstadter’s argument engages a genre of criticism, originating...

...Organizing Fictions This chapter analyzes Richard Hofstadter’s critique of “the paranoid style” and its influential impact on the terms and tone of liberal and left engagement with the event of Donald Trump. The chapter’s claim is that Hofstadter’s argument engages a genre of criticism...

... Instead of dismissing the “paranoid style” of politics, this chapter argues for the generative power of conspiracy. It traces the actions of a circle of French and Russian activists whose scheming managed to change the course of international politics and may have also resulted in the production...

... society in which secrets are the objects of insistent speculation, public understanding struggles to keep pace with technical innovation, and citizenship is increasingly organized around risk mitigation. conspiracy theory paranoid style post-truth public sphere strategic irrationalism...

... imagined as the ultimate object of dissimulation. Moving between Richard Hofstadter’s account of paranoid style and the theatrical efforts made by precarious scavengers of precious metals to access both value and the power of the state, the chapter reflects on the analytical operations by which resemblance...

...The Politics of Enmity Instead of dismissing the “paranoid style” of politics, this chapter argues for the generative power of conspiracy. It traces the actions of a circle of French and Russian activists whose scheming managed to change the course of international politics and may have also...

... time as it has been imagined as the ultimate object of dissimulation. Moving between Richard Hofstadter’s account of paranoid style and the theatrical efforts made by precarious scavengers of precious metals to access both value and the power of the state, the chapter reflects on the analytical...

...Styles of Reading This essay argues that Donna Haraway’s negotiation of the “two poles” of the objectivity problem offers a way beyond the impasse of recent debates about method. In Primate Visions (1989), she outlines what she sees as the temptations of poststructuralist skepticism...