The Conspiracy Theory of History as Argument: Vladimir Putin&amp;apos;s September 30, 2022, and February 21, 2023, addresses or The Paranoid Style in (Putin’s) Russian Politics (with apologies to Richard Hofstadter)

Young, Marilyn J.; Williams, David Cratis; Launer, Michael K.; Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Leeuwen, Maarten van; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex

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Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation

Young, Marilyn J.; Williams, David Cratis; Launer, Michael K. (2024)

The Conspiracy Theory of History as Argument: Vladimir Putin's September 30, 2022, and February 21, 2023, addresses or The Paranoid Style in (Putin’s) Russian Politics (with apologies to Richard Hofstadter)

Article / Letter to editor

We explore the confluence of conspiracy theory and Vladimir Putin's justifications for war against Ukraine. Elements of conspiracy arguments began to appear in Putin’s rhetoric early in his second term, but they became a fundamental feature prior to the start of war in 2022. We analyze Putin’s use of conspiracy arguments in the runup to the invasion and as justification for the war amid the growing popular acceptance of conspiracy theories, in general.

Munich Security Conference

mythical Russia-of-a-Thousand-Years