| Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life Contributor(s): Smith, Susan J. (Author), Pain, Rachel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754649660 ISBN-13: 9780754649663 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Social Science | Human Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 152.46 |
| LCCN: 2007037045 |
| Series: Re-Materialising Cultural Geography |
| Physical Information: 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Fear' in the twenty-first century has greater currency in western societies than ever before. Through scares ranging from cot death, juvenile crime, internet porn, asylum seekers, dirty bombs and avian flu, we are bombarded with messages about emerging risks. This book takes stock of a range of issues of 'fear' and presents new theoretical arguments and research findings that cover topics as diverse as the war on terror, the immigration crisis, stranger danger, global disease epidemics and sectarian violence. This book charts the association of fear discourses with particular spaces, times, social identities and sets of geopolitical relations. It examines the ways in which fear may be manufactured and manipulated for political purposes, sometimes becoming a tool of repression, and relates fear to political, economic and social marginalization at different scales. Furthermore, it highlights the importance and sometimes unpredictability of everyday lived experiences of fear - the many ways in which people recognize, make sense of and manage fear; the extent of resistance to fear; the relation of fear and hope in everyday life; and the role of emotions in galvanizing political and social action and change. |