This course is for anyone interested in conspiracy theories. Millions of people around the world believe in conspiracy theories like The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, or that AIDS was deliberately created by governments and pharmaceutical companies, or that on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center complex was downed not by airplanes, but by a “controlled demolition” masterminded by the United States national security state.
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Conspiracy Planet
Калифорнийский университет в Санта-КрузеОб этом курсе
Чему вы научитесь
Learners will be able to identify conspiracy theories.
Learners will be able to evaluate and critique conspiracy theories.
Learners will be able to create their own conspiracy theories.
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Калифорнийский университет в Санта-Крузе
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Программа курса: что вы изучите
Introduction
This module is an introduction to the basics of conspiracy theory.
Richard Hofstadter and the "Paranoid Style"
This module focuses on American historian Richard Hofstadter's book "The Paranoid Style in American Politics."
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
This module covers the antisemitic conspiracy theories that grew from the fabricated text "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
World War I
This module focuses on conspiracy theories invented to explain Word War I.
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