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Facing fear : the history of an emotion in global perspective /
Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity. In these times of insti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity. In these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, Facing Fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400845248 1400845246 0691153590 9780691153599 9781283539913 1283539918 0691153604 9780691153605 9786613852366 6613852368 |