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Hope and Fear
Modern Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Pseudo-History
Ronald H Fritze
Reaktion Books 2022
Hb, 272pp, £20, ISBN 9781789145397
There has been growing interest in recent years in conspiracy theories – not in the theories themselves, but rather why so many people believe them. It is a somewhat leading question of course, and raises the suspicion that many of these analyses are more concerned with dismissing contrary opinions as guilty of some cognitive failure than they are in clarifying the
