Matthew Gray is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. His research focus is the politics and political economy of the contemporary Arab world, and he has published widely on these in academic journals and edited books.

• Introduction 1. Conspiricism and Conspiracy Theories 2. Actual Conspiracies, Perceived Conspiracies and Historical Writings 3. State, Society, Ideological Vacuums and Conspiracism 4. The State as Conspiracist 5. Beyond State and Society: Globalisation and Transnational Conspiricism. Conclusion

Matthew Gray is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. His research focus is the politics and political economy of the contemporary Arab world, and he has published widely on these in academic journals and edited books.

• Introduction 1. Conspiricism and Conspiracy Theories 2. Actual Conspiracies, Perceived Conspiracies and Historical Writings 3. State, Society, Ideological Vacuums and Conspiracism 4. The State as Conspiracist 5. Beyond State and Society: Globalisation and Transnational Conspiricism. Conclusion

Matthew Gray is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. His research focus is the politics and political economy of the contemporary Arab world, and he has published widely on these in academic journals and edited books.

• Introduction 1. Conspiricism and Conspiracy Theories 2. Actual Conspiracies, Perceived Conspiracies and Historical Writings 3. State, Society, Ideological Vacuums and Conspiracism 4. The State as Conspiracist 5. Beyond State and Society: Globalisation and Transnational Conspiricism. Conclusion