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An Insight into the Patterns and Influences Which Shape the Believes and Beliefs of the General Population
Beliefs play a significant role in defining personality and the sense of self. They dictate one’s behaviour and feelings towards others. They are our compass in life. Belief is acceptance of something as true without proof which Influences one’s values and morals, such as God is all-knowing and creator of heaven and earth. Beliefs about ourselves and others are at the heart of many economic and social decisions, with large consequences for welfare. This becomes more important at the time of pandemic when conspiracy theory has been widely accepted in our part of the world.
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
Who believes in conspiracy theories, and why are some people more susceptible to them than others? What are the consequences of such beliefs? Has a conspiracy theory ever turned out to be true? The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories debunks the myth that conspiracy theories are a modern phenomenon, exploring their broad social contexts, from politics to the workplace. The book explains why some people are more susceptible to these beliefs than others and how they are produced by recognizable and predictable psychological processes. Featuring examples such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks and climate change, The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories shows us that while such beliefs are not always irrational and are not a pathological trait, they can be harmful to individuals and society.
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The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, which explain important events as secret plots by powerful and malevolent groups? What are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? We review the current research and find that it answers the first of these questions more thoroughly than the second. Belief in conspiracy theories appears to be driven by motives that can be characterized as epistemic (understanding one's environment), existential (being safe and in control of one's environment), and social (maintaining a positive image of the self and the social group). However, little research has investigated the consequences of conspiracy belief, and to date, this research does not indicate that conspiracy belief fulfills people's motivations. Instead, for many people, conspiracy belief may be more appealing than satisfying. Further research is needed to determine for whom, and under what conditions, conspiracy theories may satisfy key psychological motives.
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Conspirituality : how new age conspiracy theories became a health threat
\"Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia--peddling vaccine misinformation, tales of child trafficking, and wild conspiracy theories. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a disturbing social media trend emerged: a large number of yoga instructors and alt-health influencers were posting stories about a secretive global cabal bent on controlling the world's population with a genocidal vaccine. Instagram feeds that had been serving up green smoothie recipes and Mary Oliver poems became firehoses of Fox News links, memes from 4chan, and prophecies of global transformation. Since May 2020, Derek Beres, Matthew Remski and Julian Walker have used their Conspirituality podcast to expose countless facets of the intersection of alt-health practitioners with far-right conspiracy trolls. Now this expansive and revelatory book unpacks the follies, frauds, cons and cults that dominate the New Age and wellness spheres and betray the trust of people who seek genuine relief in this uncertain age. With analytical rigor and irreverent humor, Conspirituality offers an antidote to our times, helping readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and counter lies and distortions with insight and empathy.\"--Publisher.
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Sallust and Catiline: Conspiracy Theories
According to C. E. Stevens, the difficulties of modern scholars go back to antiquity itself: 'actual sources make clear', he says, that there is a problem and that it was 'most difficult to solve', in support of which he quotes Sallust (18.2 'de qua quam uerissume potero dicam') and Asconius (92.15 'fuit opinio').6 It is worth looking at these two passages in more detail. Reynolds adopted quis for the manuscripts' quibus because that is the form given by the fourth-century grammarian Diomedes when he quotes the sentence (1.445.23K); but Reynolds declined to follow Diomedes in writing breuissume where the manuscripts have uerissume.7 Now it is quite true that the same phrase quam uerissume potero was used by Sallust earlier at 4.3; but there the words are part of a larger argument (4.2) in which he is presenting himself as an unbiased writer, for which ueritas and its cognates are standard terms.8 It is not obvious that bias is in question in the present digression, and it may be suspected that editors such as Reynolds have preferred uerissume both because they think it refers straightforwardly to 'truth' in the sense of 'non-fiction' and because it suits the modern consensus that there is something strange about the first conspiracy. Seager's 'important' point about the date given by the commentator collapses once we see that his conclusion is based upon a different passage from the one which he presents as his evidence. Since the precise sequence of events is repeatedly emphasised by Seager in his discussion of the evidence, which he summarises by tabulating its eight components in chronological order in order to demonstrate 'the growth of the myth',15 it is inevitable that his mis-inference from Asconius will have consequences elsewhere. [...]he says that 'The supposed earlier plan ... first makes its appearance at the time of the trial of Sulla', that is, in mid-62.16 This repeats a previous statement that the Pro Sulla 'is the first mention ... of any conspiracy planned during the year 66',17 and it is indeed a key element of his argument that the 'myth' of a first conspiracy involving Catiline arose no earlier than 62; it is presumably this supposition which explains why Seager feels justified in eliding the three items of evidence which pre-date 62.18 Yet we have already seen that Cicero in the In toga candida, delivered two years beforehand in mid-64, refers to an earlier plot by Catiline which, as may be inferred from an uncontaminated reading of Asconius 92.11-20, was conceived in 66;19 and at In Catilinam 1.15, delivered in November 63, Cicero refers precisely to a plan of 66 to kill the consuls of 65, exactly as Sallust says (18.5).
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Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East
The linguae& litterae series, edited by Peter Auer, Gesa von Essen and Werner Frick, documents the research activities of the School of Languageand Literature of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). These research activities in literary studies and linguistics are characterized by an approach that is theoretically and methodologically \"state of the art\" and interdisciplinarily open. In linguistics the accent is on the corpus-based, quantitative and qualitative investigation of language; in literary studies the focus is on the comparative, transdisciplinary analysis of literary phenomena in their cultural contexts. At the same time the series deals with the productive interfaces and synergies between modern linguistics and literary studies (as well as the humanities, social and natural sciences with which they interact). It seeks a new, contemporary reformulation of the humanities research curriculum and its problem and concept orientation for the future. The series has a clear international orientation - each volume is multilingual, containing German, English and French contributions and, depending on the volume, articles in Italian or Spanish as well. Each individual volume is peer reviewed by an international editorial board. Each year 2-4 volumes are published.
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