The political economy of suspicion: From critical cognitive work to conspiratorial closure
Published online on April 30, 2026
Abstract
Critical Sociology, Ahead of Print.
This article advances a political economic analysis of the transformation of critique into conspiratorial certainty in late-modern Europe. Arguing that this shift is rooted in the commodification and alienation of cognitive work, I theorize a mechanism ...
This article advances a political economic analysis of the transformation of critique into conspiratorial certainty in late-modern Europe. Arguing that this shift is rooted in the commodification and alienation of cognitive work, I theorize a mechanism ...