Abstract
Critique of ideology aims to analyze power relations and mechanisms of domination and questions the emergence and spread of ideologies within our culture. The historical background to this critical reflection includes Marx and Engels, Gramsci, Althusser, Adorno and Horkheimer or Foucault. In the present day, however, this concept has been appropriated by various conspiracy theory media. This article aims to examine how this criticism is constructed within the framework of the conspiracy discourse and what possibilities of deconstruction, e.g. critical discourse analysis in the sense of Foucault, can offer us. The analysis is carried out using the example of texts from the conspiracy-theoretical German-language magazine “Rubikon” from the section “Media and Ideology Criticism” from the years 2022 and 2023. The aim is to show and understand how conspiracy theories attempt to conceal alternative truths through a pseudo-scientific perspective and language.
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Ján Demčišák, University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia
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Conference: ACAH2024
Stream: Language
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Demčišák J. (2024) On the Appropriation of Critique of Ideology by the Conspiracy Discourse ISSN: 2186-229X – The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities 2024 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 439-451) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-229X.2024.39
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