Resumen

LERMA RODRIGUEZ, Enriqueta. Notes on los reptilianos y otras creencias en tiempos de covid-19 and conspiracy theories: implausible imaginaries from a castoriadis perspective. Encartes [online]. 2025, vol.8, n.15, pp.189-208.  Epub 09-Ene-2026. ISSN 2594-2999.  https://doi.org/10.29340/en.v8n15.406.

This piece takes a sociological approach to the origin, meaning, and scopes of implausible conspiracy theories that surfaced during the covid-19 crisis. The Castoriadis theory of the social imaginary is used here to examine the difference between plausible imaginaries (covid as a bacteriological weapon) and implausible imaginaries (covid as an extraterrestrial disease) in order to understand how certain beliefs took hold. Among the beliefs examined are lizard people, illuminati, and aliens, all of whom are accused of trying to take over the world.

Palabras llave : social imaginaries; conspiracy theories; crisis of meaning; COVID-19; lizard people.

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