02622oam 2200613 450 991082908340332120230828233138.09781441107060e-book1441107061e-book978128320249712832024929786613202499(CKB)2670000000106733(EBL)742742(OCoLC)741691295(MiAaPQ)EBC5309435(MiAaPQ)EBC742742(Au-PeEL)EBL5309435(CaPaEBR)ebr11518407(OCoLC)1027205190(Au-PeEL)EBL742742(CaONFJC)MIL320249(EXLCZ)99267000000010673320180314d20062006 uy 0engurcn#---uuuuurdacontentrdamediardacarrierCulture of fear revisited risk-taking and the morality of low expectation /Frank FurediFourth edition.London, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (235 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0826493955 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 What is Distinct About the Way We Fear?; Chapter 2 The Explosion of Risks; Chapter 3 Why Do We Panic?; Chapter 4 The Culture of Abuse; Chapter 5 A World of Risky Strangers; Chapter 6 Who Can You Trust?; Chapter 7 The New Etiquette; Chapter 8 Conclusions - The Politics of Fear; Bibliography; IndexFear has become an ever-expanding part of life in the West in the twenty-first century. We live in terror of disease, abuse, stranger danger, environmental devastation and terrorist onslaught. We are bombarded with reports of new concerns for our safety and that of our children, and urged to take greater precautions and seek more protection. But compared to the past, or to the developing world, people in contemporary Western societies have much less familiarity with pain, suffering, debilitating disease and death. We actually enjoy an unprecedented level of personal safety. When confronted witFearUncertaintyRiskFear.Uncertainty.Risk.302/.12Furedi Frank1947-592384MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829083403321Culture of fear revisited3929587UNINA