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‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

Call it a conspiracy: How conspiracy belief predicts recognition of conspiracy theories.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
While conspiracy theories are treated as irrational fringe beliefs in popular culture, conspiracy belief is quite common. Given the disconnect between stereotypes about conspiracy belief and its prevalence, I tested whether people have difficulty ...
J P Prims
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Tragedy of a Small Nation’: Alexander Devine and British Perspectives on the Montenegrin Question, 1918–24

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the pro‐Montenegrin political campaigns of Alexander Devine, a schoolmaster and journalist who became Montenegro's leading British advocate following its incorporation into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War.
ROSS CAMERON
wiley   +1 more source

Replication data for: Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of Mass Opinion

open access: yes
Although conspiracy theories have long been a staple of American political culture, no research has systematically examined the nature of their support in the mass public.
Wood, Thomas J., Oliver, J. Eric
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Is there anything good about conspiracy beliefs? Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories is associated with benefits to well-being.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Recent theorizing suggests that people gravitate toward conspiracy theories during difficult times because such beliefs promise to alleviate threats to psychological motives.
Javier A Granados Samayoa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Covid, Conspiracy Theories, and the Nordic Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Norway, Denmark, and Sweden are often subsumed under the same label as Nordic, high trust, social democratic welfare states. However, their local communities react to local events, and they have their own, local conspiracy theories in addition to those ...
Dyrendal, Asbjørn
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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
wiley   +1 more source

The Ideology of Sovereign Money: How Bitcoin Harms Politics

open access: yes
Constellations, EarlyView.
Nanna Lilletvedt Sæten
wiley   +1 more source

The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
wiley   +1 more source

Capitalism: A System of Conspiracy [PDF]

open access: yes
There are some myths about American capitalism. Some of them are (1) Capitalism made America the richest nation, (2) Capitalism is based on self interest, and (3) America has democracy. We show that the survival of capitalism is based on several powerful
Das, Subhendu
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