Facing Fear : The History of an Emotion in Global Perspective

Laffan, Michael (EDT); Weiss, Max (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0691153604 / ISBN 13: 9780691153605

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2012

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Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Michael Laffan is professor of history at Princeton University. His books include The Makings of Indonesian Islam (Princeton). Max Weiss is assistant professor of history and Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the author of In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi‘ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon.

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Titel: Facing Fear : The History of an Emotion in ...
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: As New