A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America: Michael Barkun's book reviewed by Katje Richstatter. Quote: >First off, let's clarify what Michael Barkun is talking about here. Despite the sweeping title, this analysis is concerned with what the author calls "Improvisational Millenialism," a subset of conspiracy theories that are not based on religious or secular cannons, but are instead "bricolages" culled together from disparate, unrelated, and sometimes contradictory elements into superconspiracies.< Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]