Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

QAnon and Other Replacement Realities

How Religious Emotion Threatens Free Society but Can Also Contribute to a Progressive Future

Av George Lundskow, Sarah MacMillen

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Q-Anon and Other Replacement Realities: How Religious Emotion Threatens Free Society but Can Also Contribute to a Progressive Future examines the historical and theological origins and the social-psychological effects of American conspiracy fantasies that Q-Anon and other right-wing beliefs foster. The authors argue that as progressive social change moves groups of people and the natural world from the margins to the mainstream, this inclusiveness “threat” mobilizes reactionary forces that embrace wild fantasies of Satanic sacrifice, Jewish global control, racial replacement, communism, cannibalism, pedophilia, orgies of rape and murder, and manipulations to steal elections and enslave the “normal” white population. To counter such gratifying myths and replace violence with mutually reinforcing social interaction the authors challenge the rhetoric that abuses power. The book maps out an alternative to destructive, hateful, polarizing, and conspiratorial discourse, with new more life-giving rational, emotional, and spiritual orientations. The authors hope this will move American society towards a new collective national identity, based on inclusiveness and equality, around a social character defined by compassion, gratitude, reverence, and love.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2023-11-15
Mått: 157 x 236 x 23 mm
Vikt: 535 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 224
Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781666931884

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George Lundskow is professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University.Sarah Louise MacMillen is associate professor of sociology at Duquesne University.

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Lundskow and MacMillen have have written a timely and provocative book about the dangers of QAnon and other extremist conspiracy theories circulating in contemporary American society. In recent decades, the US has undergone vast social and economic changes. It is becoming less white demographically, and opportunities are becoming more equal. Many middle-class white Americans, particularly males, view these changes as a loss of status and privilege for themselves. In their resulting anger, some of them turn to conspiracy theories like the great replacement to explain their plight. QAnon functions for them as a pseudo-religion to explain their grievances, but it offers no real plan to fix things other than nihilist violence to tear down the existing system. Supporters exhibit either right-wing authoritarian impulses or a social dominance orientation governed by hate and fear. This book is well researched and draws from recent social science scholarship. The authors advocate for combating extremism by promoting the true religious values of tolerance, inclusiveness, and love. They may face some politically correct criticism for using the terms conspiracy and cult with negative connotations. Still, based on the evidence, it is hard to reject their conclusions. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.

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