Culture of fear revisited : risk-taking and the morality of low expectation / / Frank Furedi
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| Autore: |
Furedi Frank <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Culture of fear revisited : risk-taking and the morality of low expectation / / Frank Furedi
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2006 |
| ©2006 | |
| Edizione: | Fourth edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 302/.12 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fear |
| Uncertainty | |
| Risk | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Fear 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Culture of fear revisited |
| ISBN: | 9781441107060 |
| 1441107061 | |
| 9781283202497 | |
| 1283202492 | |
| 9786613202499 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461512403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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