{"product_id":"paradigms-of-paranoia-9780817359508","title":"Paradigms of Paranoia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgues that contemporary culture - a landscape characterized by doubt, ambiguity, fragmentation, information overload, and mistrust - has fostered a radical scepticism so pervasive that the tendency to envision or construct conspiracies often provides the best explanation for the chaos that surrounds us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Conspiracy of Postmodernism as Suspect and Sublime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Conspiracy and Apocalypse in Popular Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Conspiracy in Fiction: From Da Vinci to Damascus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Joan Didion: The Fatal Glamour of Conspiracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Don DeLillo: Mystic Musings in a Paranoid’s Paradise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Thomas Pynchon: The Functions of Conspiracy and the Performance of Paranoia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Toni Morrison’s Trilogy of Obsession: “Something Rogue” and Conspiracy’s Comeuppance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138184872279,"sku":"9780817359508","price":23.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817359508.jpg?v=1751918345","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paradigms-of-paranoia-9780817359508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}