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词条 Michael Barkun
释义

  1. Conspiracy theory research

  2. Education

  3. Works

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox person
|name = Michael Barkun
|image = Michael Barkun (academic).jpg
|image_size = 180
|alt = photograph
|caption = Barkun in 2009
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|4|8}}
|nationality = American
|known_for = Specializes in the study of political extremism, religion and violence, millenarian and utopian movements.
|education = Ph.D., political science
|alma_mater = Northwestern University
|employer = Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
|occupation = Political scientist
|website = Faculty webpage
}}Michael Barkun (born 8 April 1938) is professor emeritus of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, specializing in political extremism and the relationship between religion and violence. He is the author of a number of books on the subject, including Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement (1996), Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America (2003), and Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11 (2011).[1]

Barkun has acted as a consultant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; as a member of the Special Advisory Commission to the FBI Critical Incident Response Group from late 1995 to early 1996, he provided training and background presentations on extremist groups.[2] He serves on the editorial boards of Terrorism and Political Violence and Nova Religio, and was the editor of Communal Societies from 1987 to 1994. He edits the Religion and Politics book series for the Syracuse University Press. He won the 2003 Distinguished Scholar award from the Communal Studies Association, and the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights for his book Religion and the Racist Right.

Barkun focuses particularly on millenarian and utopian movements, terrorism and "doomsday weapons," and the contemporary influence of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (decades after it was exposed as a hoax).[3] His books have been reviewed by The New York Times,[4] The New York Sun,[5] The Montana Professor,[6] and Terrorism and Political Violence.[7] In a 2004 review, historian Paul S. Boyer wrote that Barkun "knows his way around the arcane world of contemporary conspiracy theorists" more "than any other scholar in America."[8]

Conspiracy theory research

Barkun has identified three types of conspiracy theories:

  • Event conspiracy theories. This refers to limited and well-defined events. Examples may include such conspiracies theories as those concerning the Kennedy assassination, 9/11, and the spread of AIDS.{{sfn|Barkun|2003|p=6}}
  • Systemic conspiracy theories. The conspiracy is believed to have broad goals, usually conceived as securing control of a country, a region, or even the entire world. The goals are sweeping, whilst the conspiratorial machinery is generally simple: a single, evil organization implements a plan to infiltrate and subvert existing institutions. This is a common scenario in conspiracy theories that focus on the alleged machinations of Jews, Freemasons, Communism, or the Catholic Church.{{sfn|Barkun|2003|p=6}}
  • Superconspiracy theories. For Barkun, such theories link multiple alleged conspiracies together hierarchically. At the summit is a distant but all-powerful evil force. His cited examples are the ideas of David Icke and Milton William Cooper.{{sfn|Barkun|2003|p=6}}

Education

Barkun earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1965.[1]

Works

  • United Nations System and Its Functions: Selected Readings (1968; co-edited with Robert W. Gregg). Published in Princeton, NJ by Van Nostrand as a 460-page hardcover and paperback. A part of the Van Nostrand political science series.
  • Law Without Sanctions: Order in Primitive Societies and the World Community (1968). Published by Yale University Press as a 179-page hardcover.
  • International Law and the Social Sciences (1970; with Wesley L. Gould). Published by Princeton University Press as a 338-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0691075301}}).
  • Social Science Literature: A Bibliography for International Law (1972; with Wesley L. Gould). Published in Princeton, NJ for the American Society of International Law by Princeton University Press as a 662-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0691092257}}). It was republished in paperback in 2015 as part of the Princeton Legacy Library series ({{ISBN|0691619514}}).
  • Law and the Social System (1973; as editor). Published in New York by Lieber-Atherton as a 128-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0883110067}}) and paperback ({{ISBN|0883110075}}).
  • Disaster and the Millennium (1974). Published in New Haven by Yale University Press as a 246-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0300017251}}). It was re-published in paperback in 1986 by Syracuse University Press ({{ISBN|0815623925}}).
  • Crucible of the Millennium: Burned-Over District of New York in the 1840s (1986) Published by Syracuse University Press as a 194-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0815623712}}) and paperback ({{ISBN|081562378X}}).
  • Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement (1994). Published in Chapel Hill, NC by The University of North Carolina Press as a 290-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0807821454}}) and paperback ({{ISBN|0807844519}}). A revised edition was published in 1997 as a 330-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0807823287}}) and paperback ({{ISBN|0807846384}}).
  • Millennialism and Violence (1996; as editor). Published in London and Portland, OR by F. Cass as a 177-page hardcover ({{ISBN|071464708X}}) and paperback ({{ISBN|0714642509}}). It was the second in the Cass series on political violence.
  • Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America (2003). Published in Berkeley, CA by University of California Press as a 243-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0520238052}}). It was the 15th book in the Comparative Studies in Religion and Society series. A 251-page paperback edition was published in 2006 ({{ISBN|0520248120}}). A second edition was published in 2013 as a 320-page paperback ({{ISBN|0520276825}}).
  • Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11 (2011). Published by The University of North Carolina Press as a 208-page hardcover ({{ISBN|9780807834701}}). A paperback edition was published in 2014 ({{ISBN|1469622262}}).

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Michael Barkun faculty listing|url=http://www1.maxwell.syr.edu/faculty.aspx?id=6442451250|publisher=Maxwell School of Syracuse University|accessdate=13 June 2015|date=2009-03-17}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Barkun|first1=Michael|editor1-last=Kaplan|editor1-first=Jeffrey|editor1-link=Jeffrey Kaplan (academic)|title=Millennial Violence: Past, Present and Future|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|pages=100, 103|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaDcAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA100#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=15 June 2015|chapter=Project Megiddo, the FBI, and the Academic Community}}
3. ^{{cite web|last1=Berlet|first1=Chip|authorlink1=Chip Berlet|title=Interview: Michael Barkun|url=http://www.publiceye.org/antisemitism/nw_barkun.html|website=New Internationalist|publisher=Political Research Associates|accessdate=15 June 2015|date=September 2004}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=McLemee|first1=Scott|title=Aryan and Proud|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/06/books/aryan-and-proud.html|accessdate=15 June 2015|work=The New York Times|date=6 November 1994}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Pipes|first1=Daniel|authorlink1=Daniel Pipes|title=Old Conspiracies, New Beliefs|url=http://www.danielpipes.org/1439/michael-barkun-on-old-conspiracies-new-beliefs|accessdate=15 June 2015|work=The New York Sun|date=13 January 2004}}
6. ^{{cite news|last1=Pratt|first1=Ray|title=Review of A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America|url=http://mtprof.msun.edu/Spr2005/pratrev.html|accessdate=15 June 2015|work=The Montana Professor|date=Spring 2005}}
7. ^{{cite journal|last1=Daschkea|first1=Dereck|title=A Review of A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America|journal=Terrorism and Political Violence|date=2006|volume=18|issue=4|doi=10.1080/09546550601000322|pages=608–609}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Boyer|first1=Paul S.|title=The Strange World of Conspiracy Theories|url=http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3075|website=The Christian Century|accessdate=15 June 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310080017/http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3075|archivedate=10 March 2013|pages=32–35|date=27 July 2004}}

External links

  • Book Discussion on A Culture of Conspiracy. Interview by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN's Washington Journal (12 March 2004)
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8 : 1938 births|Academics and writers on far-right extremism|American political scientists|Critics of conspiracy theories|Living people|Syracuse University faculty|Researchers of new religious movements and cults|Northwestern University alumni

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