The Conspiracy of the Invisible Hand Jakob Tanner 2008, The Conspiracy of the Invisible Hand: Anonymous Market Mechanisms and Dark Powers, in: Dark Powers: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in History and Literature, New German Critique Nr.103, Winter 2008, S. 51-64.

The Conspiracy of the Invisible Hand Jakob Tanner 2008, The Conspiracy of the Invisible Hand: Anonymous Market Mechanisms and Dark Powers, in: Dark Powers: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in History and Literature, New German Critique Nr.103, Winter 2008, S. 51-64. The Popularity of Conspiracies Conspiracy theories are both simple and highly sophisticated. On the one hand, they are simple and single-minded because they are all rooted in suspicion and aim to uncover the hidden truth behind the deceitful, delusive surface. A systematic "behind-ism" in the construction of conspiratorial plots always involves the same operation of making the invisible visible. Tearing the real powers out of the dark realm in which they try to conceal their capacity to control and manipulate a group, a country, or the whole world: this is the unfailing promise. On the other hand, the unveiling of a conspiracy relies on a highly sophisticated, astonishingly complex narrative that may be unfolded even further. "Behind the scenes" we fi nd an open, unobstructed space for fantastic plots and concoctions, for a myriad of arbitrary assumptions, emotional identifi cations, and an affective acting out. There are no formal restrictions or material resistances to be encountered; every sign and object may be linked with another in both a profoundly meaningful https://www.academia.edu/7405714/The_Conspiracy_of_the_Invisible_Hand?email_work_card=view-paper Jakob Tanner University of Zurich, Switzerland, History, Emeritus https://uzh.academia.edu/JakobTanner