ON CONSPIRACY THINKING IN THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF MODERN CULTURE
ON CONSPIRACY THINKING IN THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF MODERN CULTURE
Author(s): Inna Igorivna Kovalenko, Yuliia Vasylivna Meliakova, Eduard Anatoliyovych Kalnytskyi, Ksenia NesterenkoSubject(s): Political psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Phenomenology, Ontology, Philosophy of History
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: conspiracy thinking; conspiracy discourse; agency; modern political culture;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the specifics of modern conspiracy thinking as a recognized object of humanitarian research. The authors traced the dynamics of the multi-aspect study of conspiracy theories against the background of the strengthening of conspiracy narrative in unstable ontologies. It is emphasized that periods of crisis actualize the conspiracy discourse with its paradoxical combination of rationalistic and affective-irrational thinking patterns. The factors contributing to the construction of a conspiracy narrative are considered. The social and personal-mental dimensions of conspiracy thinking are shown and substantiated. The characterology of conspiracy thinking is compared with the radical-constructivist and communicative-narrative logic of explaining the world. The difference between a conspiracy narrative and a political imaginary, as well as its connection with various forms of agency is shown.
Journal: Cogito - Multidisciplinary research Journal
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 67-83
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English