{"product_id":"the-time-of-the-cannibals-on-conspiracy-theory-and-context-paperback","title":"The Time of the Cannibals: On Conspiracy Theory and Context - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Anne Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009, the body of a former president of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, was stolen from his grave.\u003ci\u003e The Time of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders this history and the public discourse on it to reconsider how we think about conspiracy theory, and specifically, what it means to understand conspiracy theories \"in context.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe months after Papadopoulos's body was stolen saw intense public speculation in Cyprus, including widespread expressions of sacrilege, along with many false accusations against Cypriots and foreigners positioned as his political antagonists. Davis delves into the public discourse on conspiracy theory in Cyprus that flourished in the aftermath, tracing theories about the grave robbery to theories about the division of Cyprus some thirty-five years earlier, and both to longer histories of imperial and colonial violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Davis explores cross-contextual connections among Cyprus and other locales, in the form of conspiracy theories as well as political theologies regarding the dead bodies of political leaders. Through critical close readings of academic and journalistic approaches to conspiracy theory, Davis shows that conspiracy theory as an analytic object fails to sustain comparative analysis, and defies any general theory of conspiracy theory. What these approaches accomplish instead, she argues, is the perpetuation of ethnocentrism in the guise of contextualization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e asks what better kind of contextualization this and any \"case\" call for, and proposes the concept of \u003ci\u003econspiracy attunement\u003c\/i\u003e: a means of grasping the dialogic contexts in which conspiracy theories work recursively as matters of political and cultural significance in the long durée.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elizabeth Davis interrogates our ongoing epistemic breakdowns and offers a startlingly original theorization of conspiracy attunements. This is nothing less than a guide book on how to think critically and navigate our current post-fact, misinformation-filled media milieu.\"--\u003cb\u003eJoseph Masco\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Chicago \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As the pages turn onto each other the brilliance of this book explodes showing that this is a project that brings together the ante- and afterlives of British colonialism in its most sinister form.\"--\u003cb\u003eNeni Panourgi?\u003c\/b\u003e, Columbia University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2009, the body of a former president of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, was stolen from his grave.\u003ci\u003e The Time of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders this history and the public discourse on it to reconsider how we think about conspiracy theory, and specifically, what it means to understand conspiracy theories \"in context.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe months after Papadopoulos's body was stolen saw intense public speculation in Cyprus, including widespread expressions of sacrilege, along with many false accusations against Cypriots and foreigners positioned as his political antagonists. Davis delves into the public discourse on conspiracy theory in Cyprus that flourished in the aftermath, tracing theories about the grave robbery to theories about the division of Cyprus some thirty-five years earlier, and both to longer histories of imperial and colonial violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Davis explores cross-contextual connections among Cyprus and other locales, in the form of conspiracy theories as well as political theologies regarding the dead bodies of political leaders. Through critical close readings of academic and journalistic approaches to conspiracy theory, Davis shows that conspiracy theory as an analytic object fails to sustain comparative analysis, and defies any general theory of conspiracy theory. What these approaches accomplish instead, she argues, is the perpetuation of ethnocentrism in the guise of contextualization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e asks what better kind of contextualization this and any \"case\" call for, and proposes the concept of \u003ci\u003econspiracy attunement\u003c\/i\u003e: a means of grasping the dialogic contexts in which conspiracy theories work recursively as matters of political and cultural significance in the long dur?e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Anne Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, where she is affiliated with the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Anne Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, where she is affiliated with the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies. She is author of \u003ci\u003eBad Souls: Madness and Responsibility in Modern Greece \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), which won the Gregory Bateson Prize, and \u003ci\u003eArtifactual: Forensic and Documentary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKnowing \u003c\/i\u003e(2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45444015947878,"sku":"9781531508852","price":69.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/g-4MHINHme9781531508852.webp?v=1776052761","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-time-of-the-cannibals-on-conspiracy-theory-and-context-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}