All Embracing But Underwhelming…

When I’m not uncovering the conspiracy theory on conspiracy theories I can often be found teaching. It’s an enjoyable job; well, both of them are, and rewarding in their own special ways. When the two perfectly harmonise… Well, cliches such as ‘a joy to behold’ et al begin to creep out.
Over the last few years [...]

No, I am not ‘jumping the shark’ so early on; I’ve just read an essay from MIT’s ‘Mediations’ magazine (Volume 1, Number 1, to be precise) entitled ‘Zoolander as a Parable and Parody of the Classic Conspiracy Narrative and Contemporary Western Popular Culture’ (Author: Jason Dick) It looked as if it could be interesting. I [...]

‘The tendency to suspect that conspiracies are behind events cannot be explained as a consequence of repressed homosexuality to the extent that this theory relies on Frued’s examination of Schreber’s case.’-A Psycho-Analytic Peek at Conspiracy, Buffalo Law Review, 1970, 20, 1, Fall, p. 248”The tendency to suspect that conspiracies are behind events cannot be explained [...]