![]() ![]() In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, why so few officials speak truth to conspiracy, and what needs to be done to resist it.Ĭlassic conspiracy theory insists that things are not what they seem and gathers evidence-especially facts ominously withheld by official sources-to tease out secret machinations. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. But conspiracists today have introduced something new-conspiracy without theory. About the BookĬonspiracy theories are as old as politics. Muirhead teaches courses on American political thought and philosophic foundations of constitutional democracy, and is chair of Dartmouth’s Department of Government, co-director of the Political Economy Project, and interim director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. ![]() Russell Muirhead, Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth, will be the keynote speaker at New Hampshire Humanities “A Virtual Celebration of Hope & Resilience.” Dr. ![]()
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