Culture of fear revisited : risk-taking and the morality of low expectation / Frank Furedi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furedi, Frank, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fear.

Uncertainty.

Risk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2006.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781441107060

1441107061

9781283202497

1283202492

OCLC:

741691295