| LC control no. | sh2009007844 |
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| Topical heading | Conspiracy theories |
| See also | History--Errors, inventions, etc. |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on theories that postulate that certain events or phenomena occurred as a result of conspiracies among interested parties. Works on a particular event that is considered by some to be the result of a conspiracy are entered under the heading or headings appropriate for the event. |
| Found in | Work cat.: Aaronovitch, D. Voodoo histories : the role of the conspiracy theory in shaping modern history, c2009. OED, viewed online Aug. 24, 2009: conspiracy (4. Special combs. conspiracy theory, the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; spec. a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event; so conspiracy theorist) Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 24, 2009 (Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any conspiracy claim. However, it has come to almost exclusively refer to any theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful Machiavellian conspirators, such as a "secret team" or "shadow government", rather than broad social forces and large structures of human collectivities) |
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