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The Domination of Fear

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9042030852
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Domination of Fear written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tropes of fear, horror and terror have come to play a dominant role the analysis of contemporary social life. The predominance of fear, as the frame through which we narrativize experience, can be perceived readily echoing across various fields from theoretical research, to the mass media, to the quotidian. Despite the commonly held view that fear is a primitive and universal affect, its definition, potential value, and perceived effects vary wildly in each instance. From literary theory to psychoanalysis to politics to philosophy, this collection of research attempts to both flesh-out these tropes and to complexify them. Individually, the essays reflect a diversity of approaches to the constellation: fear, horror and terror. Taken as a whole, they produce the ground for an analysis of the dominance of fear.

The Administration of Fear

Author : Paul Virilio
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1584351055
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Administration of Fear written by Paul Virilio and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new interview with the philosopher of speed, addressing the ways in which technology is utilized in synchronizing mass emotions. We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain timeframe. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market crises, undifferentiated terrorism, lightning pandemics, “professional” suicides.... Fear has become the world we live in. The administration of fear also means that states are tempted to create policies for the orchestration and management of fear. Globalization has progressively eaten away at the traditional prerogatives of states (most notably of the welfare state), and states have to convince citizens that they can ensure their physical safety. In this new and lengthy interview, Paul Virilio shows us how the “propaganda of progress,” the illuminism of new technologies, provide unexpected vectors for fear in the way that they manufacture frenzy and stupor. For Virilio, the economic catastrophe of 2007 was not the death knell of capitalism, as some have claimed, but just further evidence that capitalism has accelerated into turbo-capitalism, and is accelerating still. With every natural disaster, health scare, and malicious rumor now comes the inevitable “information bomb”—live feeds take over real space, and technology connects life to the immediacy of terror, the ultimate expression of speed. With the nuclear dissuasion of the Cold War behind us, we are faced with a new form of civil dissuasion: a state of fear that allows for the suspension of controversial social situations.

Human Nature and the Domination of Fear

Author : Sir Herbert Butterfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Human Nature and the Domination of Fear written by Sir Herbert Butterfield and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Culture of Fear, Revised

Author : Barry Glassner
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458759911
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Culture of Fear, Revised written by Barry Glassner and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the age of 9/11, the Iraq War, financial collapse, and Amber Alerts, our society is defined by fear. So it's not surprising that three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. But are we living in exceptionally dangerous times? In The Culture of Fear, sociologist Barry Glassner demonstrates that it is our perception of danger that has increased, not the actual level of risk. Glassner exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our fears, including advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases and politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime, drug use, and terrorism. In this new edition of a classic book - more relevant now than when it was first published - Glassner exposes the price we pay for social panic.

Terrorism and the State

Author : William Perdue
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573569054
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Terrorism and the State written by William Perdue and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1989-08-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism and the State is a volume on the political economy of terrorism. Emphasizing the role of ideological systems in the definition of political violence, this book is theoretical, historical, and critical. It first presents and refutes the two most commonly expressed definitions of terrorism: the absolutist view, a simplistic picture of international deviance on the part of fanatics, and the liberal relativistic view, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Both views focus on the definition of behaviors rather than on the real relations of domination and subjugation embodied in the social structure. Neither view can be used as a vehicle when analyzing institutionalized forces of domination through fear. The author suggests that there is presently a double standard of terrorism, one for the state and the other for its opponents. Terrorism and the State reframes the terrorism debate. A historical review supports a revisionist position that places the issue in the context of global relations. Attention is given to the role of the media in the selective selling of international terrorism. Having established his framework, the author proceeds through the investigation of historically grounded cases to systematically analyze state terrorism: the coercive power of today's nuclear weapon state, global apartheid, terrornoia, settler terrorism, holy terror, and, finally, surrogate terrorism. Terrorism and the State develops its framework for the terrorism debate within the first three chapters: The Ideology of Terrorism, Terrorism and the State, and Mediaspeak: The Selling of International Terrorism. The remainder of this volume concentrates on historically grounded cases: The Real Nuclear Terrorism; Racial Terrorism: Apartheid in South Africa; Terrornoia and Zonal Revolution: The Case of Libya; Settler Terrorism: Israel and the P.L.O.; Holy Terror: Iran and Irangate; Surrogate Terrorism: The United States and Nicaragua

Fear Itself

Author : Christopher D. Bader
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479852058
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Fear Itself written by Christopher D. Bader and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An antidote to the culture of fear that dominates modern life From moral panics about immigration and gun control to anxiety about terrorism and natural disasters, Americans live in a culture of fear. While fear is typically discussed in emotional or poetic terms—as the opposite of courage, or as an obstacle to be overcome—it nevertheless has very real consequences in everyday life. Persistent fear negatively effects individuals’ decision-making abilities and causes anxiety, depression, and poor physical health. Further, fear harms communities and society by corroding social trust and civic engagement. Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms. Drawing on five years of data from the Chapman Survey of American Fears—which canvasses a random, national sample of adults about a broad range of fears—Fear Itself offers new insights into what people are afraid of and how fear affects their lives. The authors also draw on participant observation with Doomsday preppers and conspiracy theorists to provide fascinating narratives about subcultures of fear. Fear Itself is a novel, wide-ranging study of the social consequences of fear, ultimately suggesting that there is good reason to be afraid of fear itself.

Terrorism and the State

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Terrorism and the State written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Theory of Fear

Author : G. Skoll
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230112633
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory of Fear written by G. Skoll and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. In the current crisis of the capitalist world system, elites promote fear of crime and terrorism to keep and expand their privileges and control the masses. This book offers an analysis of the crisis and strategies for rebellion. This ebook is participating in an experiment and is available Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) licence. Users are free to disseminate and reuse the ebook. The licence does not however permit commercial exploitation or the creation of derivative works without specific permission. To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0

Merchants of Fear

Author : Christopher Catherwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781599212814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Merchants of Fear written by Christopher Catherwood and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're all afraid of something. But what is it that Americans, collectively, are afraid of (or told to be afraid of)? This book looks at how fear is perpetuated in the United States and offers a compelling argument for why our fears are vital to our survival. The Merchants of Fear takes a unique approach in developing the fundamental argument that despite our nation's emphasis on freedom, Americans often see their freedoms reduced as a reaction to fear. The expressed intention of this book is to examine how fear is used by government officials, big business, and corporate organizations to mold public policy and drive profits for the media. Christopher Catherwood and Joseph DiVanna argue that the use of fear to influence social and economic change is not new. In fact, there is a long history of its use in the United States over the past two hundred years to help effect a particular outcome--so much so that scaremongering is now commonplace and part of our collective psyche. For example, watch Fox News, and if the yelling doesn't get to you, the alarming nature of its messages and news stories are enough to send anyone running for cover. Fear--in all its forms (past and present)--is examined through historical documents to the events and decisions that are affecting Americans today. Corporations, large and small, have successfully used fear to hoodwink consumers into purchasing any number of products, from personal safety items to terrorist insurance. Be afraid. Be very afraid! This is an important new work that every American should read, no matter his or her party affiliation, religion, or age. Timely and relevant in this post-9/11 world, it leaves us with a question that all Americans must ask themselves: "Are we any safer now, or are we simply more aware of being afraid?"

Fear, Law and Criminology

Author : Desh Subba
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984501151
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Fear, Law and Criminology written by Desh Subba and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growing awareness of many critics of risk society, the culture of fear and the dangerous rising levels of unhealthy fear around individual, group, and public insecurities, three keen observers of the human condition have joined experiences, theories, and ideas to create a fresh vision for how best to look at the fear problem and how law and criminology may benefit from a new lens or perspective. The authors, with their backgrounds in the study of the philosophy of fearism (a la Subba), bring a new lens to law and criminology to social policies, politics, and policing and how best to improve enforcement of safety, security, and moral order. The fearist perspective of a philosophy of fearism creates an exciting, challenging, and sometimes radical position, whereby the authors argue that fear itself requires a concerted focus for analysis and solutionsthat is, if law and criminology are to fully meet the highest standards of serving justice for all in a globalizing complicated world. Going beyond the simple fear of crime or fear of policing issues commonly dealt within discourses about law, the philosophy of fearism offers other concepts with a rich vocabulary introduced in this book, one of which is the introduction of a new subdiscipline called fearcriminalysis. Readers will find, additional to the main text as collective writing of the three coauthors, several fresh dialogues of the three authors in conversation, which bring their individual personalities, philosophies, and approaches into a weaving of differences and similarities. Overall, they each agree that fear has been underestimated and often misinterpreted in law and criminology, and this has resulted, at times, in exacerbating insecurity, crime, and injustice in the world.

The Science of Fear

Author : Dan Gardner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780525950622
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Fear written by Dan Gardner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the scientific causes of irrational fear offers insight into the brain's role in causing people to experience and react to fear, in a report that explains how heightened fear in the post-9/11 world is dangerously intersecting with biologically driven responses.

Climate of Fear

Author : Wole Soyinka
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812974247
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Climate of Fear written by Wole Soyinka and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-01-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new book developed from the prestigious Reith Lectures, Nobel Prize—winning author Wole Soyinka, a courageous advocate for human rights around the world, considers fear as the dominant theme in world politics. Decades ago, the idea of collective fear had a tangible face: the atom bomb. Today our shared anxiety has become far more complex and insidious, arising from tyranny, terrorism, and the invisible power of the “quasi state.” As Wole Soyinka suggests, the climate of fear that has enveloped the world was sparked long before September 11, 2001. Rather, it can be traced to 1989, when a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the Republic of Niger. From Niger to lower Manhattan to Madrid, this invisible threat has erased distinctions between citizens and soldiers; we’re all potential targets now. In this seminal work, Soyinka explores the implications of this climate of fear: the conflict between power and freedom, the motives behind unthinkable acts of violence, and the meaning of human dignity. Fascinating and disturbing, Climate of Fear is a brilliant and defining work for our age.

American Fear

Author : Peter N. Stearns
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415955408
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book American Fear written by Peter N. Stearns and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 9/11, fear has become an increasing issue in American society. Peter Stearns explores the historical causes and contemporary consequences of the high anxiety prevelant in American culture.

On Fear, Horror, and Terror: Giving Utterance to the Unutterable

Author : Pedro Querido
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900439799X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book On Fear, Horror, and Terror: Giving Utterance to the Unutterable written by Pedro Querido and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of essays whose diversity of insights and methodologies facilitates a kaleidoscopic look at a universally-recognizable cluster of phenomena and experiences of fear, anxiety, horror, and terror that often defy straightforward categorization or even description.

Fear

Author : Joanna Bourke
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9781844081561
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Fear written by Joanna Bourke and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear is one of the most basic and most powerful of all the human emotions. Sometimes it is hauntingly specific: flames searing patterns on the ceiling, a hydrogen bomb, a terrorist. More often, anxiety overwhelms us from some source within: there is an irrational panic about venturing outside, a dread of failure, a premonition of doom. In this astonishing book we encounter the fears and anxieties of hundreds of British and American men, women and children. From fear of the crowd to agoraphobia, from battle experiences to fear of nuclear attack, from cancer to AIDS, this is an utterly original insight into the mindset of the twentieth century from one of most brilliant historians and thinkers of our time.

Victory and Dominion Over Fear

Author : Lester Frank Sumrall
Publisher : Sumrall Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780892742332
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Victory and Dominion Over Fear written by Lester Frank Sumrall and published by Sumrall Publishing. This book was released on 1988-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear grips the hearts of mankind today. Its unrelenting hold on people torments them and causes them to live a life of hopelessness and defeat. However, God has promised us victory instead of defeat, and wisdom instead of ignorance. In Victory & Dominion Over Fear the reader will discover what to do when fear strikes and the seven steps to victory over fear.

The Fear of Freedom

Author : Erich Fromm
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415255422
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Fear of Freedom written by Erich Fromm and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes our contradictory needs for community and for freedom. In this book, Fromm warns that the price of community is indeed high, and it is the individual who pays. Fascism and authoritarianism may seem like receding shadows for some, but are cruel realities for many.