LEADER 02656oam 2200625 450 001 9910461512403321 005 20220131151356.0 010 $a9781441107060$be-book 010 $a1441107061$be-book 010 $a9781283202497 010 $a1283202492 010 $z9786613202499 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106733 035 $a(EBL)742742 035 $a(OCoLC)741691295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742742 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518407 035 $a(OCoLC)1027205190 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742742 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320249 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106733 100 $a20180314d20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---uuuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCulture of fear revisited $erisk-taking and the morality of low expectation /$fFrank Furedi 205 $aFourth edition. 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (235 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0826493955 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aFear 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 wit 606 $aFear 606 $aUncertainty 606 $aRisk 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFear. 615 0$aUncertainty. 615 0$aRisk. 676 $a302/.12 700 $aFuredi$b Frank$f1947-$0592384 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461512403321 996 $aCulture of fear revisited$92450359 997 $aUNINA