The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
1966; Oxford University Press; Volume: 72; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1848349
ISSN1937-5239
AutoresCharles A. Barker, Richard Hofstadter,
Tópico(s)Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
ResumoThe distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a vast' or gigantic' conspiracy as the motive force in historical events...The paranoid spokesman sees the fate of this conspiracy in apocalyptic terms--he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization. --From the book
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