CONSPIRACY THEORIES – AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW TO CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY
CONSPIRACY THEORIES – AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW TO CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY

Summary/Abstract: The paper is an attempt to summarize contemporary research results on theoretical concepts of conspiracy theories. Author has analyzed theoretical aspects from the viewpoints of political theory and theory of history, sociology, anthropology and philosophy. One of the goals of the paper is to connect the determinism that is at the heart of Western Christian European civilization with the emergence of conspiracy theories. Two parallel phenomena at the center of today Western cultural logic may be observed: the need for an explanation derived from the world view brought about by theological determinism and, on the other hand, in the spirit of the “post-truth” era, the need to liberalize science and free it from the "dogmas" that, according to some, are imposed by scientific institutions.

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