Panic / Keith Tester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tester, Keith, 1960- author.

Series:

Shortcuts (Routledge (Firm))

Shortcuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panic--Social aspects.

Panic.

Risk perception--Social aspects.

Risk perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen?This book uses a range of literature from sociology, cultural studies and popular psychology to develop an original analysis of panic in contemporary social life. Bringing together academic literature from a range of disciplines, films, novels and current affairs, it encourages thought about why and how we panic - both individually and collectively. Keith Tester explores how cataclysmic events

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series editor's foreword; Introduction: what is panic?; 1 Panic and risk; 2 Panic and morality; 3 Panic and trust; Conclusion; Further reading, viewing and listening; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-22146-8

1-136-22147-6

0-203-09717-3

9780203097175

OCLC:

851971991