Fear: A Cultural History

by Bourke, Joanna
ISBN: 9781593761547
Availability:
  • Online Only
$9.99
Used - Trade Paperback - 9781593761547

Available Offers

Pickup at {0} Out of stock at {0} Check other stores
FREE -
Ship to Me
$3.99 -

Overview

Whether we like it or not, an atmosphere of fear pervades modern culture. In America, each day is color-coded for the level of threat; newspapers fill with gloomy news of climate crisis; and the radio and TV bleat with Amber alerts, car crashes, and the war wounded.

In this groundbreaking work, award-winning historian Joanna Bourke helps us understand the landscape of fear we now navigate. Her review of the past two hundred years -- from diagnosed phobias to the media's role in creating new ones -- prompts strikingly original observations about the mind and worldview of the "long twentieth century." Blending sociocultural analysis with psychology, philosophy, and popular science, this beautifully written and exhaustively researched book offers an authoritative look at one of humankind's most basic emotions.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bourke, Joanna
  • ISBN: 9781593761547
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.40
  • Number Of Pages: 500
  • Publication Year: 2007

Customer Reviews (0)

This title hasn’t been rated yet...be the first!