Description: Exploring the psychosocial realities of the assault on truth.
Brief description: Zahid R. Chaudhary is Associate Professor of English at Princeton University. He is the author of Afterimage of Empire: Photography in Nineteenth-Century India.
Review Quotes: Chaudhary's theoretical dexterity and brilliant mapping of the political symptomology of cultural phenomena together render Paranoid Publics indispensable for grasping the contemporary political landscape. Paranoia, he reminds us, is a feeling, one that splinters into disavowal, anxiety, projection, and pleasure, organizing 'truths'--from anti-vaxxing to Havana syndrome--that we dismiss at our peril. A must read!---Wendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study