{"product_id":"the-time-of-the-cannibals-9781531508845","title":"The Time of the Cannibals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009, the body of a former president of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, was stolen from his grave.\u003ci\u003e The Time of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders this history and the public discourse on it to reconsider how we think about conspiracy theory, and specifically, what it means to understand conspiracy theories in context. \u003cbr\u003eThe months after Papadopoulos's body was stolen saw intense public speculation in Cyprus, including widespread expressions of sacrilege, along with many false accusations against Cypriots and foreigners positioned as his political antagonists. Davis delves into the public discourse on conspiracy theory in Cyprus that flourished in the aftermath, tracing theories about the grave robbery to theories about the division of Cyprus some thirty-five years earlier, and both to longer histories of imperial and colonial violence. \u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, Davis explores cross-contextual connections among Cyprus and other locales, in the form of conspiracy theories\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50067012845911,"sku":"9781531508845","price":81.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781531508845.jpg?v=1740544737","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-time-of-the-cannibals-9781531508845","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}