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Kelman, David

 
9781611484144: Counterfeit Politics: Secret Plots and Conspiracy Narratives in the Americas
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ISBN 10 : 1611484146 ISBN 13 : 9781611484144
Editeur : Bucknell University Press, 2012

Synopsis

In Counterfeit Politics, David Kelman reassesses the political significance of conspiracy theory. Traditionally, political theory has sought to banish the "paranoid style" from the "proper" domain of politics. But if conspiracy theory lies outside the sphere of legitimate politics, why do these narratives continue to haunt political life? Counterfeit Politics accounts for the seemingly ineradicable nature of conspiracy theory by arguing that all political statements ultimately take the form of conspiracy theory.

Through careful readings of works by Ernest Hemingway, Ricardo Piglia, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Jorge Luis Borges, Ishmael Reed, Jorge Volpi, Rigoberta Menchú, and Ángel Rama, Kelman demonstrates that conspiracy narratives bear witness to an illegitimate or "counterfeit" secret that cannot be fully recognized, understood, and controlled. Even though the secret is not authorized to speak, this "silence" is nevertheless precisely what gives the secret its force. Kelmangoes on to suggest that all political statements-even those that do not seem "paranoid"-are constitutively illegitimate or counterfeit, since they always narrate this unresolved play of legitimacy between an official or authorized plot and an unofficial or unauthorized plot (a "complot"). In short, Counterfeit Politics argues that politics only takes place as "conspiracy theory."

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À propos de l'auteur

David Kelman is assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton. He has published articles in New Vico Studies, CR: The New Centennial Review, ComparativeLiterature, Pynchon Notes, and Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture.

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Éditeur
Bucknell University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1611484146
ISBN 13 
9781611484144
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
202
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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