Alerted by the similarities between Q, The Eye of Carafa, a novel on which he
collaborated within the Luther Blisset Project collective, and the conspiratorialnebula QAnon, Wu Ming 1 finds himself confronted with an appalling jumble. ----Not only does it offer an impressive analysis of many fantasies, often linkedtogether, tracing their genealogy, but it also provides a toolbox of clearconcepts to fight against the toxic narratives that feed the ambient paranoiddelirium, at the time when social networks considerably amplify these phenomena.---- Contesting the use of the expression "conspiracy theory" because it leads todiscrediting the slightest denunciation, he proposes the concept of "conspiracyhypotheses" to designate "real conspiracies" characterized by: a easilysummarized goal, a limited number of actors, an imperfect implementation, aninevitable denunciation, an understanding linked to the description of theprecise time in which it takes place. He distinguishes them from "conspiracyfantasies" which concern universal conspiracies, an overall goal, constantdenunciations, continuity for decades or even centuries. He qualifies thepsychological defense mechanism to which "believers" succumb as "diversionarynarratives": projecting one's discomfort onto a presumed occult enemy is morecomfortable than understanding and questioning social relations, structuralinequalities, concentrations of wealth, the functioning of the labor market. "Touse an electrician's metaphor, conspiracy theories was capitalism's grounding: itdrained the tension downwards and prevented the characters from being blastedwith the awareness that the system had to be unplugged."Essential!Ernest London (UCL Le-Puy-en-Velay)Wu Ming 1, Q as conspiracy. How conspiracy fantasies defend the system, Lux,2022, 576 pages, 29 euros.https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Wu-Ming-1-Q-comme-complot_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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