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Autore: | Skoll Geoffrey R |
Titolo: | Globalization of American Fear Culture : The Empire in the Twenty-First Century / / by Geoffrey R. Skoll |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2016. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (IX, 213 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.73009/04 |
Soggetto topico: | Economic sociology |
Political economy | |
Political sociology | |
Globalization | |
Social sciences—Philosophy | |
Sociology | |
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology | |
International Political Economy | |
Political Sociology | |
Social Theory | |
Sociology, general | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 20th century |
United States Foreign relations 21st century | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: globalization of American fear culture: the empire in the twenty-first century -- Construction of fear culture in the United States from Red scares to terrorism -- American imperialism and the fear culture: four wars -- 1968 -- Taking over the imperial mantle -- Spreading the fear: the global empire -- Terror, terrorism, and 9/11: the globalized culture of fear -- Things to fear: real threats to people and the world -- Current chaos: the collapsing world system of capitalism -- Stopping the fear: resistance against the fear culture or what everyone needs to know. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Globalization of American Fear Culture traces the parallel development of three historical institutions: the generation of fear for controlling people, the US empire, and global capitalism. Through historical accounts and dialectical analysis the book offers the argument that a fear culture, US hegemony, and the globalization of capital are intertwined and interdependent. In the twenty-first century these three strands of history are leading to world systemic destabilization, and they are leading to a future political economy that is fascistic. Nonetheless, the book ends with a glimmer of hope that within current conditions of chaos a new world might be built based on real democracy and freedom. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Globalization of American Fear Culture |
ISBN: | 1-137-57034-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910253313203321 |
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