Introduction Introduction: Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective Section 1: General Perspectives 1. The Psychology of Pandemic Conspiracy Theories 2. Leak or Leap? Evidence and Cognition Surrounding the Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Section 2: Asia 3. Covid Origins, Nationalism and Diasporic Heterogeneity: China, Chineseness and Covid-19 4. Dis-Spiracy Theory: Why Corona Rhymes with Corruption in Indonesia 5. Covid-19, Conspiracy Narratives, and the Arab State 6. Conspiracy Theories about the Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey Section 3: Africa 7. Covid-19 Related Rumors and Conspiracy Theories: A Case Study from Cameroon 8. "Complòóót?": Theorizing about Covid-19 Conspiracies in Côte d’Ivoire 9. A Disease of the Rich and a Disease of the Poor: Comparing Rumors about the Coronavirus and Ebola in Guinea 10. The Constitutional Crisis and the Coronavirus: Conspiracies and Deep Politics during South Africa’s Pandemic 11. Africa Out of the Shadows: Authoritarian Anti-Imperialism, Transnational Pentecostalism, and Covid-19 "Conspiracy Theories" 12. "The Truth Is Not Known": Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy as a Failure of Biomedicine’s Moral Legitimacy in Zambia Section 4: Europe 13. Covid-19-related Conspiracy Theories in the Baltic States 14. Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in France 15. Covid Conspiracy Theories in Germany, Austria and Switzerland 16. Conspiracy Entrepreneurs, Fringe Movements, and the Pervasive Style of Conspiracy during the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Case of Hungary 17. Italian Uprising from Covid Skepticism to Societal Polarization 18. The Proliferation of Alternative Media: How Corona Conspiracy Theories in the Netherlands Fostered New Social Movements 19. Covid, Conspiracy Theories and the Nordic Countries 20. The Usual Suspects? Conspiracy Theories and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Poland 21. A (Cold) War for Vaccines: Retro-Conspiracism in Kremlin-Aligned Russian Discourse on Sputnik V 22. A Communist Coup by Lockdown: Covid Conspiracy Theories in Spain Section 5: North America 23. Anti-Colonialism Meets Anti-Vax Suspicion: The Case of Guadeloupe 24. A Perfect Storm: Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in the United States Section 6: South America 25. Vulnerability and Conspiracy Theories: Latin America in the Time of Covid-19 26. "The Communavirus Is Here": Anti-Communist Conspiracy Theories in Brazil’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic Section 7: Oceania 27. Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand: The Darker Side of Paradise
