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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #36A: Cynicism |
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Cynic (from online
encyclopedia) |
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Dumbing Down
(from online
encyclopedia) |
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Demagogy (from online encyclopedia) |
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Corporatocracy (from online encyclopedia) |
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Corruption
Perceptions Index by Transparency International ("the global
coalition against corruption") |
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Cultural
Pessimism: Narratives of Decline in the Post-Modern World, by O. Bennett
(2001 book / Google Books) |
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The Cynic's Sanctuary |
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A
Monologue on Cynicism, Faith, Happiness, Honesty, Sadness, by Amit Singh |
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Children
Develop Cynicism at Early Age (report on Yale University Dept. of
Psychology study) |
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Humor, Sublimity, and
Incongruity, by John Marmysz (insight into why laughter is an escape
from cynicism) |
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Brief
Paper on Cynicism |
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Cynicism in
Business Organizations |
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On
Youthful Cynicism, by Bertrand Russell (classic 1930 essay) |
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The
Virtue of Engineering Cynicism, by David Weinberger |
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Humbug and
Cynical Acid, by Duncan Baird (Unitarian Universalist sermon) |
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Hypocrisy Today -- The Official
Publication of the American Society of Sociopaths (ASS) |
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Are You A
Hypocrite? (includes formula hypocrisy = beliefs - actions) |
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Spying on Democracy by Heidi
Boghosian (excerpt from 2013 book) |
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The
land of the free—Really? by Frances Moore Lappe (a cynical look at
USA freedom, on Common Dreams website October 29 2015) |
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Reviews
on Amazon: Five Star Fakes (report from The Economist October
24 2015) |
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Business
and Corruption: Robber Barons Beware (fighting corruption in China,
report from The Economist
October 24 2015)
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"Corruption
and Natural Resources: a fight for light"
(report from The Economist October 24 2015)
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“Dirty
Secrets: Volkswagen’s Falsification of Pollution Tests… “(cover
story from The
Economist September 26 2015) |
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"Four
cancer charities' $187 million in donations mostly paid for fundraisers,
government alleges" (report in LA Times May 19, 2015) |
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The
Looting Machine: warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of
Africa's wealth
by Tom Burgis (book
review in The Guardian March 2 2015) |
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"Brian
Williams-Gate: America Loses Its Innocence Once Again by Joe Randazzo (Feb
8 2015 commentary posted on The Daily Beast) |
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"Sleuths
Hunt for Kazakh Bank’s Missing $6 Billion"
by Edward Robinson ( January 9 2014
report from Bloomberg Business Week) |
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"Dollarocracy" by John Nichols and Robert McChesney
(article from The Nation Sep 30 2013 based on similarly titled
book)
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"Nigerian Oil
Stolen on Industrial Scale" (BBC News report Sep 20 2013) |
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"Corruption in Venezuela: The Billion Dollar Fraud"
(article from The Economist Aug 10 2013) |
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"Crisis
of confidence in government handling of corruption, survey shows" by
Erik Kirschbaum (worldwide focus in July 9 2013 report, on Reuters website) |
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"Latin
America: Region One of the Worst for Corruption" by Lauren Villagran
(article in CSM Dec 5 2012) |
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"Corruption in Northern Italy: A Plague on all Their Houses"
(article from The Economist Nov 10 2012) |
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Why America
Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline by Morris Berman (lengthy talk
by author of this 2011 book) |
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"Brooklyn Blues: A
reminder of how widespread corruption is in the Empire State" (Sep 2012
article The Economist) |
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"Shell Awards Christian Teacher $10K
for 'Exemplary Science Teaching" by Sandy Leon Vest (from April
2012 blog) |
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"Doc
Charged in $375 Million Medicare Scam" (Feb 2012 news item from The
Fiscal Times) |
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"HHS
Protects Florida Consumers from $145 Million Health Insurance Heist"
(Dec 2011 article on Huffington
Post) |
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"Democracy
in America is a Useful Fiction," by Chris Hedges (a cynical
perspective from 2010 article) |
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quotes related
to cynicism |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #36B: Conspiracism |
| Conspiracy
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Pseudohistory
(from online encyclopedia) |
| UFO
Conspiracy Theory (from online encyclopedia) |
| Mooon
Hoax (a classic example of a conspiracy theory, from online
encyclopedia) |
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John
F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Shakespeare
Authorship Question (more about issue some connect with conspiracy
theory, from online encyclopedia) |
| Conspiracy
Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Conspiracy Theories (official
website of publisher) |
| Worldview
Watch issue #36: Kennedy, Shakespeare, Conspiracism, Elitism, and Missing the Real Story |
| Worldview
Watch issue #24: Unvaccinated Children, Public Health, and Worldviews |
| Worldview
Watch issue #2: Conspiracism on Talk Radio |
| Conspiracy-net:
The Most Definitive Conspiracy Theory Portal on the Web |
| No
Such Thing as Paranoia: On the Culture of Conspiracism |
| American
Conspiracy Theories by J. Uscinski and J. Parent (more on this 2014
book from Oxford University Press) |
| "US
Postal Service Joins Federal Ammo Purchases" (Apr 2014 article
about conspiracy theory re government plan to drive up price of ammo) |
| "The
Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton" by
Hamilton Nolan (April 11 2014 article posted on Gawker.com) |
| "NSA and Cryptography: Cracked Credibility"
(of interest to conspiracy theorists, article in The Economist Sep 14 2013) |
| "From
Global Warming to Fluoride--Why Do People Deny Science?" by A. Varki
and D. Brower (May 25 2013 article on Salon.com) |
| The
Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies
by Michael Shermer (2011 book) |
| Cults,
Conspiracies, and Secret Societies by Arthur Goldwag (review of this
2009 book) |
| "Skeptic:
Paranoia Strikes Deep"
by Michael Shermer (essay in September 2009 issue Scientific
American) |
| "The
Paranoid Style in American Politics" by Richard Hofstadter (classic
1964 essay relevant to conspiracy theory) |
| Global
Advanced Trait: Paranoia |
| Conspiracy
Planet -- Alternative News & History Network |
| Conspiracy
Digest |
| Skeptical
Report on UN Agenda 21 viewed as "Smart Growth Communism"
Conspiracy by Tea Partiers (article in March 2011 issue of Mother
Jones) |
| The
Listener, by Timothy Lavin (Jan 2010 Atlantic article re: Coast
to Coast AM's "conspiratorial worldview") |
| Coast
to Coast AM Radio Show website (popular talk show build around a
"conspiratorial worldview") |
| The
American Denial of Global Warming (12/12/2007 UCTV program looks at
reasons for this) |
| "Fantasy
Island" by Jacob Weisberg ("conspiracy thinking is
flourishing on the right" May 2011 Slate article) |
| Donald
Trump's New Obama Conspiracy Theory by Michelle Goldberg (Apr 2011
post on The Daily Beast) |
| "UFO
Encounter Revealed After Almost 40 Years By Ex-Military Pilot" (April
2012 story from The Huffington Post) |
| UFOs
in the FBI's Vault by Mike Krumboltz (April 2011 report on conspiracy
theory involving FBI) |
| Mrs.
Paine's Garage (and the Murder of JFK) by T. Mallon (2003 book
w/ good discussion of conspiracy theories) |
| Conspiracy
Theories (1999 article, from atheist perspective) |
| Post
9/11 Conspiracism (from Political Research Associates Website) |
| "The
Paranoid Style in American Politics" by Richard Hofstadter
(summary of this 1964 essay by historian) |
| Criticism
of Conspiracism, by Chip Berlet (subtitled Conspiracism and
Right Wing Populism) |
| Conspiracism
as a Flawed Worldview |
| Conspiracy
Theorists (organization challenging conspiracism) |
| Conspiracy:
How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From, by Daniel
Pipes-Washington Post bookreview |
| The
Roots of Conspiracy Denial (another review of Pipes' book) |
| quotes
involving conspiracy and related terms |