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Politics of fear, practices of hope / Stefan Skrimshire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skrimshire, Stefan, author.
- Series:
- Continuum studies in religion and political culture.
- Continuum studies in religion and political culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fear.
- Hope.
- Religion and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope is about the relationship between two hugely influential ideas in political life: fear and hope. How are cultures of resistance nurtured within an environment of paranoia and social paralysis? Stefan Skrimshire argues that grass-roots responses to a politics of fear coincide with an explosion of interest in the quasi-religious themes of apocalypse, eschatology and utopia in cultural life. Where visions of a better future are replaced by the acceptance of a fearful present - a state of 'war with no end' - this is an important examination of the beliefs that underpin our capacity to hope."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Politics of fantasy
- Politics of imagination
- Experiments in hope.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612871504
- 9781472549174
- 1472549171
- 9781282871502
- 1282871501
- 9781441114709
- 144111470X
- OCLC:
- 682540863
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