Peter Staudenmaier - Conspiracy Theory as a Substitute for Social Critique 1/2 (2004)

A talk by researcher, historian and anarchist Peter Staudenmaier about conspiracy theories and how they relate to social struggle. What are their limits and problems? How do they obscure social critiques, reproduce power dynamics? And what is the relation between conspiracy theories and antisemitism? Part 1 of 2. See https://kolektiva.media/videos/watch/1cfe5b43-702b-4bf9-8011-5abbb753b2bc for part 2. Original upload to YouTube by withDefiance (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIb2ti8V0Mhgvxgs80-Lo1w), Jan 20, 2021