Institute of Art and Ideas(@IAI_TV):Most see 9/11 conspiracies as an aberration in American political life. But historian and author Andrew McKenzie-McHarg argues that there’s nothing surprising here. https://t.co/adWcfPVYM4 Through investigating the genealogy of conspiracy theories, he argues that we can come closer to understanding when to reject them as apocalyptic demonologies in secular garb and when to take them seriously as credible possibilities in criminal or journalistic investigations.

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2026.10.09 11:22

Most see 9/11 conspiracies as an aberration in American political life. But historian and author Andrew McKenzie-McHarg argues that there’s nothing surprising here. Through investigating the genealogy of conspiracy theories, he argues that we can come closer to understanding when to reject them as apocalyptic demonologies in secular garb and when to take them seriously as credible possibilities in criminal or journalistic investigations.