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Record Nr.

UNISA996218281303316

Autore

Wilkinson Iain <1969, >

Titolo

Anxiety in a risk society / / Iain Wilkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-134-58859-3

1-134-58860-7

1-280-31785-X

0-203-46546-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Health, risk and society

Classificazione

71.49

Disciplina

302.12

302/.12

Soggetti

Risk - Sociological aspects

Anxiety - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Towards a sociological conception of the problem of anxiety; Social indicators of anxiety; Coping: from personal style to cultural critique; Anxiety in relation to risk; A speculative age; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Few would dispute that we are living at a time of high anxiety and uncertainty in which many of us will experience a crisis of identity at some point or another. At the same time, news media provide us with a daily catalogue of disasters from around the globe to remind us that we inhabit a world of crisis, insecurity and hazard. Anxiety in a Risk Society : looks at the problem of contemporary anxiety from a sociological perspective highlights its significance for the ways we make sense of risk and uncertainty argues that the relationship between anxiety and risk hinges on the natur