Stigmatized knowledge is truth-claims marginalized by official knowledge institutions
Evidence
By stigmatized knowledge I mean claims to truth that the claimants regard as verifi ed despite the marginalization of those claims by the institutions that conventionally distinguish between knowledge and error—universities, communities of scientifi c researchers, and the like. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 177
Categorization
- DEFINE: Barkun’s central working definition for the book.
- XREF: connects to: Conspiracists distrust mass media because those institutions brand their claims stigmatized — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 117; Some once-authoritative knowledge becomes stigmatized when superseded — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 182; Conspiracism targets knowledge-producing institutions rather than individual facts — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 242 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Some once-authoritative knowledge becomes stigmatized when superseded
#expands(0.82) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 182 - Institutionalized discursive practices can lose credibility and collapse
#expands(0.80) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 53 - Conspiracism targets knowledge-producing institutions rather than individual facts
#expands(0.78) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 242