Stigmatized knowledge persists but has lost its separateness

Evidence

As we have seen, the domain of stigmatized knowledge has not disappeared, though its separateness has diminished. Stigmatized-knowledge claims, however diverse in subject matter, share a common disdain for received ideas and for the institutions that formulate and transmit them. Hence intellectual, political, and spiritual authorities are all deemed to be equally complicit in the plot to suppress true knowledge. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 1132

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off chapter 4’s claim that stigmatized-knowledge belief channels believers toward conspiracy theories. — connects to: Belief in one form of stigmatized knowledge predicts belief in unrelated others — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 545; Bizarre fringe beliefs can grow into devastating orthodoxies — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 1136; The Internet spreads stigmatized knowledge faster regardless of evidence quality — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 545