The domination of fear / edited by Mikko Canini.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Global Conference on Fear, Horror and Terror, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Canini, Mikko.

Conference Name:

Global Conference on Fear, Horror and Terror (2nd : 2008 : Mansfield College)

Global Conference on Fear, Horror and Terror.

Series:

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 70.

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Government policy.

Terrorism and mass media.

Terrorism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The tropes of fear, horror and terror have come to play a dominant role the analysis of contemporary social life. The predominance of fear, as the frame through which we narrativize experience, can be perceived readily echoing across various fields from theoretical research, to the mass media, to the quotidian. Despite the commonly held view that fear is a primitive and universal affect, its definition, potential value, and perceived effects vary wildly in each instance. From literary theory to psychoanalysis to politics to philosophy, this collection of research attempts to both flesh-out these tropes and to complexify them. Individually, the essays reflect a diversity of approaches to the constellation: fear, horror and terror. Taken as a whole, they produce the ground for an analysis of the dominance of fear.

Contents:

pt. 1. Cultural materialisation of fear, horror, terror

pt. 2. Fear, horror and politics

pt. 3. Fear, horror and literature.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-72719-2

9786612727191

90-420-3085-2

OCLC:

659833512

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042030855 DOI