| ISBN |
1509535829 (hardcover)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781509535828 (hardcover)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9781509535842 (ebook)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
204
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| 個人著者標目 |
Cassam, Quassim.
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| 本タイトル |
Conspiracy theories /
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| 著者名 |
Quassim Cassam.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
Cambridge, UK ;
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Polity Press,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2019.
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| 数量 |
vii, 127 pages ;
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| 大きさ |
20 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| 内容注記 |
The (real) point of conspiracy theories -- Why are conspiracy theories so popular? -- The problem with conspiracy theories -- How to respond to conspiracy theories.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
"9/11 was an inside job. The Holocaust is a myth promoted to serve Jewish interests. The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a false flag operation. Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese government. These are all conspiracy theories. A glance online or at bestseller lists reveals how popular some of them are. Even if there is plenty of evidence to disprove them, people persist in propagating them. Why? Philosopher Quassim Cassam explains how conspiracy theories are different from ordinary theories about conspiracies. He argues that conspiracy theories are forms of propaganda and their function is to promote a political agenda. Although conspiracy theories are sometimes defended on the grounds that they uncover evidence of bad behaviour by political leaders, they do much more harm than good, with some resulting in the deaths of large numbers of people. There can be no clearer indication that something has gone wrong with our intellectual and political culture than the fact that conspiracy theories have become mainstream. When they are dangerous, we cannot afford to ignore them. At the same time, refuting them by rational argument is difficult because conspiracy theorists discount or reject evidence that disproves their theories. As conspiracy theories are so often smokescreens for political ends, we need to come up with political as well as intellectual responses if we are to have any hope of defeating them."-- Provided by publisher.
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| 統一タイトル(シリーズ副出標目) |
Little books that make you think.
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| シリーズ名・巻次 |
Little books that make you think |
| 一般件名 |
Conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theories. |
| 資料情報1 |
『Conspiracy theories /』（Little books that make you think） Quassim Cassam. Polity Press, 2019.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/204.0/C34/C
資料コード：7112369241）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352041300 |
