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Cults and Conspiracies

Paperback • 2016 • English

Cults and Conspiracies

By Theodore Ziolkowski

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Human beings have believed in conspiracies presumably as long as there have been groups of at least three people in which one was convinced that the other two were plotting against him or her. In that sense one might look back as far as Eve and the serpent to find the world's first conspiracy. Whereas recent generations have tended to find their conspiracies in politics and government, the past often sought its mysteries in religious cults or associations. In ancient Rome, for example, the senat...Show more

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9781421422435

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Cults and Conspiracies

Format

Paperback

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