Conspiracy and Contingency

Auteur

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is professor of philosophy at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait and the director of the Global Studies Center. His latest book is Daoism, Dandyism, and Political Correctness (2023).

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What do conspiracy theories, algorithms and meritocracy have in common? All three avoid contingency and frantically look for necessities. 'Contingency phobia' is not only manifest in conspiratorial thinking. It is the cause of a variety of other phenomena that have become emblematic for liberal democracies.