{"product_id":"conspiracy-theories-in-contemporary-italy-cultural-production-and-political-uses","title":"Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the role played by conspiracy narratives in the contemporary Italian political, cultural, and social context, through a series of case studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a historical and genealogical account of the troubled success of Italian conspiracy thinking from the early 1970s to the present day. Among the issues examined are the unclear division between legitimate\/illegitimate forms of knowledge, the use of conspiracy as a confrontational discursive device, the emergence of moral panic, and the stabilization of information outlets against dominant official explanations. The analysis covers the case of a well-known national survey, and a digital platform specializing in conspiracy storytelling. The second axis of the book concerns the pervasive use of conspiracy as a theory or narrative that currently circulates in various Italian cultural fields: multiculturalism, immigration, and racism; Catholic traditionalism; football fandom; small business economics; and cooking and food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume will be of interest to researchers of conspiracy theories, and Italian politics and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49925068489048,"sku":"9781032703602","price":179.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032703602_c35cb281-7dec-4ecc-9365-258a5b209da7.jpg?v=1768325418","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/conspiracy-theories-in-contemporary-italy-cultural-production-and-political-uses","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}