Teorías de la conspiración y crisis globalesretos para la teoría sociológica

  1. García Arnau, Albert 1
  2. Sádaba Rodríguez, Igor 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
RES. Revista Española de Sociología

ISSN: 2445-0367 1578-2824

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 33

Número: 2

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.22325/FES/RES.2024.222 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: RES. Revista Española de Sociología

Resumen

La situación global de pandemia de COVID-19 ha traído consigo un creciente auge de las llamadas Teorías de la Conspiración (TdC) en todo el mundo. La etapa de excepcionalidad política que ha generado dicha crisis ha servido como acicate para que múltiples movimientos sociales informales y novedosos, con una base casi exclusivamente centrada en la actividad comunicativa online, dieran el paso a realizar verdaderas acciones colectivas de relativa afluencia en la mayor parte de los países desarrollados. Este trabajo pretende reunir algunas herramientas sociológicas para la comprensión del fenómeno social de las teorías de la conspiración y entender su particularidad. Nuestra propuesta consiste en dejar de lado los enfoques psicológicos —por el momento preponderantes—, así como huir de valoraciones moralistas y abordar las teorías de la conspiración desde las coordenadas que la teoría sociológica provee. Por ello, se hace un rastreo y recopilación de las explicaciones sociológicas desarrolladas hasta la fecha que nos permitan dar cuenta de estos fenómenos de actualidad.

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