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If parapolitics, a branch of radical criminology that studies the interactions between public entities and clandestine agencies, is to develop as an academic discipline, then it must develop a coherent theory of aesthetics in order to successfully perform its primary function: to render perceptible extra-judicial phenomena that have hitherto resisted formal classification.Wilson offers the work of H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) as an example of the relevance of subversive literature--in this case, cosmic horror and the weird tale--to the parapolitical criminologist. Cosmic horror is a form of writing that relies heavily upon the epistemological assumption of a radical and irreconcilable disjunction between appearance and reality, perception and truth. In many ways, the well-constructed weird tale strongly resembles the hard-boiled detective story or the noir thriller in that the resolution of the narrative hinges upon a dramatically shattering confrontation with an unspeakable reality. Apart from its obvious utilization of conspiracy theory, the primary attraction of the Lovecraftian text lies with its remarkably sophisticated utilization of two central tropes of classical aesthetic theory--the sublime and the grotesque. Not only does Lovecraft's oeuvre represent a remarkable use of both of these motifs, but the raw literary power of the Lovecraftian weird tale serves as an outstanding exemplar for the parapolitical scholar to emulate in formulating an alternative mode of discourse, or poetics.

Structuralism (Literary analysis) --- Conspiracy theories in literature. --- Lovecraft, H. P. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- H.P. Lovecraft --- parapolitics --- radical criminology --- horror --- conspiracy theory

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La modernité a donné un souffle nouveau à l’esprit de conspiration, dont on observe aujourd’hui plus qu’hier de fascinants avatars. Des grands mythes politiques au complot de la Lune, les conspirations semblent tout à la fois issues d’un autre âge et ancrées dans notre plus vive actualité. Trop souvent noyées dans des considérations politiques ou des jugements moraux, les analyses traditionnelles se privent d’une réflexion précieuse sur les mécanismes de la persuasion qui sont au cœur de cet ouvrage. Rassemblant ici plusieurs spécialistes des « théories du complot », Emmanuelle Danblon et Loïc Nicolas les invitent à interroger les paradoxes de ce phénomène en adoptant la démarche rhétorique comme moyen d’enquête. L’antique discipline, éclairée par la topique contemporaine, permet de penser ces constructions théoriques de l’intérieur, dans leurs mots, dans leur rationalité et dans les preuves qu’elles construisent pour donner ou créer du sens, parfois à tout prix. Réflexions théoriques et études de cas se complètent pour offrir une vision plus fine du conspirationnisme et, tout compte fait, des différentes façons de dire et de penser le monde en faisant le difficile exercice de la liberté.

Conspiracy theories --- Conspiracies --- Persuasion (Rhetoric) --- Théories du complot --- Conspiration --- Argumentation --- Psychological aspects --- Aspect psychologique --- Rhetoric philosophical essay --- Persuation (Rhetoric) --- Propaganda. --- Conspiracy theories. --- Conspiracies. --- Théories du complot --- Conspiracies - Psychological aspects --- Psychological aspects. --- Rhetoric philosophical essay. --- théories du complot --- mythes --- rhétorique --- complotisme --- théorie du complot --- complots --- conjurationnisme --- conspirationnisme --- pensée conspirationniste --- désinformation --- conspirations --- causalité --- ontologie --- sémantique --- cognition sociale --- biais cognitifs --- erreurs de conjonction --- scepticisme --- intentionnalité --- Jean-Baptiste Louvet (1760-1797) --- franc-maçonnerie --- Humanum genus (1884) --- pape Léon XIII --- antimaçonnisme --- Édouard Drumont (1844-1917) --- antisémitisme --- alunissage --- théories du complot en Chine --- récits conspirationnistes --- 11 septembre 2001 --- mécanismes du conspirationnisme --- persuasion

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The Resonance of Unseen Things offers an ethnographic meditation on the "uncanny" persistence and cultural freight of conspiracy theory. The project is a reading of conspiracy theory as an index of a certain strain of late 20th-century American despondency and malaise, especially as understood by people experiencing downward social mobility. Written by a cultural anthropologist with a literary background, this deeply interdisciplinary book focuses on the enduring American preoccupation with captivity in a rapidly transforming world. Captivity is a trope that appears in both ordinary and fantastic iterations here, and Susan Lepselter shows how multiple troubled histories--of race, class, gender, and power--become compressed into stories of uncanny memory.

Human-alien encounters. --- Conspiracy theories --- History --- Alien encounters with humans --- Alien-human contacts --- Alien-human encounters --- Close encounters of the third kind --- Contacts of humans with extraterrestrial beings --- Encounters of humans with extraterrestrial beings --- Extraterrestrial encounters with humans --- Extraterrestrial-human encounters --- Human-alien contacts --- Human contacts with extraterrestrial beings --- Human encounters with extraterrestrial beings --- Unidentified flying objects --- Extraterrestrial beings --- Errors, inventions, etc. --- Sightings and encounters --- Human-alien encounters --- Parapsychology & Occult Sciences --- Social Sciences

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There is an increasing need for scholars and scientists to not only conduct research that has a significant impact on society but also to communicate that research widely. Such research outreach also contributes to engaging wide, diverse audiences. As such, the discursive practices have become more and more complex, multimodal, and multimedia-based for scholars and scientists. Scientific communication is currently shared to a great extent with peers in technology-mediated contexts, which allows formal scientific publications to be opened to public viewing. Alongside this so-called “primary output” (Puschmann 2015), new ways, modes, and discourses are being used to bring science closer to a lay audience and promote citizen participation. The affordances of existing and emergent platforms are fostering a change in audience roles, and with it, the erosion of boundaries between scientific communities and the general public, entailing the dissemination of scientific information and knowledge beyond the former (Trench 2008). We are thus witnessing the development of discursive practices which may be referred to as instances of “parascientific communication”. These practices transcend previously well-delimited communities and spheres of communication. Parascientific genres are evolving based on authoritative or expert knowledge (communicated through conventional, sanctioned scientific genres) but not subjected to the filters of internal, formal science communication (Kelly and Miller 2016). This Special Issue seeks to gain a better understanding of the purposes and specific features of these new scientific communication practices.

preprints --- open science --- science communication --- social media --- Total SciComm --- COVID-19 --- health communication --- user-generated content --- reader comments --- vaccines --- vaccine denial --- conspiracy theories --- digital news articles --- citizens’ agentive power --- parascientific genres --- pseudoscience --- COVID-19 information --- knowledge communication --- knowledge-building processes --- multimodality --- social media engagement --- discourse analysis --- digital humanities --- textometry --- authority --- legitimacy --- blog posts --- dialogicity --- identity --- personal vs. institutional blogs --- graphical abstracts --- genre hybridity --- stylisation --- interpretive complexity --- visual literacy --- n/a --- citizens' agentive power

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This open access book addresses communicative aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the epidemic of misinformation from the perspective of argumentation theory. Argumentation theory is uniquely placed to understand and account for the challenges of public reason as expressed through argumentative discourse. The book thus focuses on the extent to which the forms, norms and functions of public argumentation have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This question is investigated along the three main research lines of the COST Action project CA 17132: European network for Argumentation and Public PoLicY analysis (APPLY): descriptive, normative, and prescriptive. The volume offers a broad range of contributions which treat argumentative phenomena that are directly related to the changes in public discourse in the wake of the outburst of COVID-19. The volume additionally places particular emphasis on expert argumentation, given (i) the importance expert discourse has had over the last two years, and (ii) the challenges that expert argumentation has faced in the public sphere as a result of scientific uncertainty and widespread misinformation. Contributions are divided into three groups, which (i) examine various features and aspects of public and institutional discourse about the COVID-19 pandemic, (ii) scrutinize the way health policies have been discussed, debated, attacked and defended in the public sphere, and (iii) consider a range of proposals meant to improve the quality of public discourse, and public deliberation in particular, in such a way that concrete proposals for argumentative literacy will be brought to light. Overall, this volume constitutes a timely inquiry into all things argumentative in pandemic discourse. This volume is of interest to a broad readership including philosophers, linguists, communication and legal scholars, and members of the wider public who seek to better understand the discourse surrounding communicative phenomena in times of crisis.

Philosophy of language --- linguistics --- Society & social sciences --- Media studies --- Argument Propagation --- Fake News Propagation --- Argumentation Covid --- Misinformation Pandemic --- Conspiracy Theory Covid --- Argumentative Literacy --- Public Debate --- Trust/Mistrust in Science --- Public Health Discourse --- Political Interference and Argumentative Styles --- Metalinguistic Arguments on What Counts As “Covid-19 Death” --- Evaluative Component in Pragmatic Argumentation --- public Discourse First Wave Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic in Italy --- Controversies and Dispute in France During the Covid-19 Crisis --- Analysing the Public Debate About Lockdown --- Responding to the COVID Conspiracy Theories --- Why Narratives are More Powerful Arguments than Fact-Checking --- Expanded Understanding of the Role of Analogy --- Argumentative Dark Side of Pandemic Discourse --- Open Access --- Language and languages—Philosophy. --- Linguistics—Methodology. --- Social sciences. --- Communication. --- Philosophy of Language. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Society. --- Media and Communication. --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization