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  • Barruel Memoirs Illustrating The History Of Jacobinism

    01/20/2021 4:33:36 AM PST · by otness_e · 9 replies
    Archive.org ^ | 1799 | Augustin Barruel
    Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (French: Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire du Jacobinisme) is a book by Abbé Augustin Barruel, a French Jesuit priest. It was written and published in French in 1797-98, and translated into English in 1799. In the book, Barruel claims that the French Revolution was the result of a deliberate conspiracy or plot to overthrow the throne, altar and aristocratic society in Europe. The plot was allegedly hatched by a coalition of philosophes, Freemasons. The conspirators created a system that was inherited by the Jacobins who operated it to its greatest potential. The Memoirs purports...
  • Conspiracy theories: why people need to believe that the truth is hidden out there

    11/08/2015 10:33:45 AM PST · by PROCON · 70 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | Nov. 7, 2015 | Nicola Davis
    Psychologist Rob Bretherton talks about his new book and the way suspicion can overcome rationalityWhy are conspiracy theories so attractive?There is not so much of a difference between conspiracy theorists and the rest of us. We are drawn to the idea of conspiracy because it resonates with us; we understand the idea of people being self-interested and not having our best interests at heart, and having hidden motives and getting together to do shady stuff. Conspiracy theories extend upon that and tap into these assumptions and fears we have about the world. But we all have them, that’s why...