What makes people believe in conspiracy theories? Why have they taken over our political sphere? And how do we counter them before it’s too late? Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey, co-authors of Conspiracy Theory, pull back the curtain on conspiracy theories, from the bizarre to the sinister, and look at how conspiracism has become a booming industry, a political strategy and a pseudo-religion, and something that’s a threat to the foundations of liberal democracy.
Dunt spent many years working in Westminster as editor of Politics.co.uk. He is a columnist for The i newspaper, and a host on the Oh God What Now and Origin Story podcasts. Lynskey has written several books, including the just-released Everything Must Go, an exploration of our fantasies of the end of the world.
