Joanna Bourke - Fear A Cultural History
| Schrijver: | Joanna Bourke |
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| Titel: | Fear A Cultural History |
| ISBN: | 9781593761547 |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Uitgever: | Shoemaker & Hoard |
| Bijzonderheden: | Redelijk, 2006, Paperback, 500p |
| Prijs: | € 9,50 |
| Verzendkosten: | € 3,50 (binnen Nederland) |
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Fear -- the word, itself, conjures the appropriate response. With a dark cacophony of associations like fright, dread, horror, panic, alarm, anxiety, and terror, fear is universally understood as one of the most basic and powerful of human emotions, obtaining a nearly palpable and overwhelming substance in today's world.\n\nIn this groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian and prize-winning author Joanna Bourke covers the landscape of fear over the past two hundred years: From the nineteenth century dread of being buried alive -- a subject dear to the heart of Edgar Allen Poe -- to the current worry over being able to die when one chooses; from the diagnoses of phobias and anxieties produced by psychotherapists and lovingly catalogued, to the role of popular culture and media in inciting panic and dread; from the horrors of the nuclear age to the fear of twenty-first century terrorism, Fear tells the story of anguish in modern times.\n\nA blend of social and cultural history with psychology, philosophy, and popular science, this astonishing book -- exhaustively researched and beautifully written -- offers strikingly original insights into the mind and worldview of the \"long twentieth century\" from one of the most brilliant scholars of our time.
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