The Nexus of QAnon and COVID-19: Legitimation Crisis and Epistemic Crisis

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dc.contributor.authorMorelock, Jeremiah
dc.contributor.authorNarita, Felipe Ziotti [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionBoston College
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:50:35Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:50:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we analyze the role of conspiracy theories, especially the spread of QAnon during the COVID-19 pandemics, in the legitimation crisis and epistemic crisis in contemporary democracies. We discuss Habermas’ theory of legitimation crisis and the potential for reactionary movements in times of such crisis, as well as Hofstadter’s description of the paranoid style in political culture. We explain the notion of ‘epistemic crisis’ as theorized by Larry Laudan and discussed recently in relation to social media. We discuss anti-intellectualism in Hofstadter’s terms, and explain its connection with populism. Finally, we explain how all of this comes to bear on the contemporary proliferation of conspiracy theory, using QAnon and the COVID crisis as our point of reference, and examples from the United States and Brazil to illustrate our points. QAnon fueled COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and COVID-19 conspiracy theories rocketed QAnon to a place of major influence.en
dc.description.affiliationBoston College
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State University
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State University
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08969205211069614
dc.identifier.citationCritical Sociology.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/08969205211069614
dc.identifier.issn1569-1632
dc.identifier.issn0896-9205
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85124044432
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/223411
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofCritical Sociology
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectconspiracy theories
dc.subjectconspiracy theory
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectcrisis
dc.subjectepistemic crisis
dc.subjectlegitimation crisis
dc.subjectpopulism
dc.subjectQAnon
dc.subjectsocial movements
dc.subjectsociology of knowledge
dc.titleThe Nexus of QAnon and COVID-19: Legitimation Crisis and Epistemic Crisisen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-6506-4940[1]

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