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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. In this remarkable, groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian Joanna Bourke covers the landscape of fear over the past two hundred years: From the 19th 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 cold fear of 21st century terrorism. "Fear" tells the compelling story of anguish in modern times. A 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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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Full title: Fear
• Subtitle: A Cultural History
• Author: Joanna Bourke
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520
• EAN: 9781593761547
• ISBN: 9781593761547
• ID: 06573608
• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Weight: 735 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. April 2007

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