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Civilisation and Fear : Anxiety and the Writing of the Subject.
Paradoxically, if nature has always been a source of fear, civilisation - its other and at the same time the epitome of progress and order - has not only doubled fear itself, but also added its new sister, anxiety. In effect, the notions of civilisation, fear and anxiety can hardly be separated. Fea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Paradoxically, if nature has always been a source of fear, civilisation - its other and at the same time the epitome of progress and order - has not only doubled fear itself, but also added its new sister, anxiety. In effect, the notions of civilisation, fear and anxiety can hardly be separated. Fear - either linked Other anxiety or distinct from it - lies at the foundation of civilisation, which as much promises to shelter us from these afflictions as it does proliferate them. Confronted no l ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (342 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443838283 1443838284 9781443837507 1443837504 1280486422 9781280486425 9786613581402 6613581402 |