How fear works : culture of fear in the twenty-first century

How fear works culture of fear in the twenty-first century

Presentación del editor: "In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book called 'Culture of Fear'. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and prophetic. Now Furedi returns to his original theme, as most of what he predicted has come true. In 'How Fear Works', Furedi explains two inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Furedi, Frank, 1947- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London [etc.] : Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
Materias:
Miedo > Aspectos sociales
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The idiom of fear
  • The culture of fear thesis
  • Media and culture
  • Fear and culture
  • Fear and morality
  • 1 Changing Stories of Fear
  • Fear rules
  • Fear of death
  • Fear of God
  • Fear of fear
  • The de-moralization of fear
  • 2 Waiting for the Time Bomb to Explode
  • A ticking time bomb
  • The menacing future
  • An alien territory
  • A territory beyond comprehension
  • The objectification of change
  • From fear of the future to a future of fear
  • 3 Moral Confusion - the Main Driver of the Culture of Fear
  • Fear and morality
  • Fear and moral regulation
  • Fear and the imperative of moralization
  • Moralizing threats
  • The moralization of infant feeding
  • The fear perspective
  • The zero tolerance towards scepticism
  • 4 The Perspective of Fear - How it Works
  • The perspective of fear
  • The problem of motivation
  • Risk as an object of fear
  • Negative theory of authority
  • Avoiding evil
  • The divisive impact of the perspective of fear
  • 5 Creation of the Fearful Subject
  • Precautionary attitudes towards personhood
  • Socializing people to become fearful
  • The devaluation of adult authority
  • The fearful child
  • Literally scared of the newborn
  • 6 The Quest for Safety in a Dangerous World
  • The safety imperative
  • When we fear on our own
  • The project of transforming safety into a value
  • The dangers of a harm-free world
  • Inverted quarantine
  • The freedom-safety trade-off
  • Conclusion: Towards a Less Fearful Future
  • Challenging the loss of historical memory
  • Confronting the mood of fatalism
  • Rethinking socialization
  • Rethinking personhood
  • An alternative to the perspective of fear
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • 1 Changing Stories of Fear
  • 2 Waiting for the Time Bomb to Explode 3 Moral Confusion - the Main Driverof the Culture of Fear
  • 4 The Perspective of Fear - How it Works
  • 5 Creation of the Fearful Subject
  • 6 The Quest for Safety in a Dangerous World
  • Conclusion: Towards a Less Fearful Future
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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