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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 deva

Explains two interrelated themes: why has fear acquired such a morally commanding status in society today and how has the way we fear today changed from the way

Fear has taken on an outsized role in our current cultural and political context. Manufactured threats are advanced with little to no evidence of danger, while

In Cultures of Fear, a truly world-class line up of scholars explore how governments use fear in order to control their citizens. The "social contract" gives mo

This is a positive and accessible account of the effect of radiation on life that brings good news for the future of mankind. For more than half a century the v