Dr Alenka Zupančič: Power as a Conspiracy Theory - Cankarjev dom
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When the powerful start peddling conspiracy theories, something has flipped — philosopher Alenka Zupančič explains how authority now masks itself by pretending to be the underdog.
Ideology CritiqueHegemonyScapegoatingPsychoanalytic Theory
Theory Briefing
- Conspiracy theories, once tools of the powerless, are now weaponized by political actors who already hold considerable authority.
- Zupančič argues that power increasingly legitimizes itself by performing victimhood — a paradox at the heart of modern ideology critique.
- This inversion reveals a structural trick: those in control deflect scrutiny by casting themselves as targets of shadowy elite forces.