Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-Yehuda

Moral Panics 2e

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the Renaissance witch craze to the denunciation of horror comics and rock and roll in the 1950s and flag burning in the late twentieth and the early twenty-first century, institutions and groups of individuals have mobilized around issues where they feel threatened. This book introduces, describes, and analyzes the collective outbreaks of scares about threats or supposed threats from deviants or "folk devils," a category of people who, some believe, engage in evil practices and are blamed for menacing the society's culture, way of life, and central values. Examining what motivates fear- and concern-inspired collective behavior, the second edition of Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance comprehensively updates this popular and highly-respected text, bringing in a host of new examples, and new chapters on the media and criticisms of the moral panics concept.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781405189347
• ISBN-10: 1405189347
• Artikelnr.: 31699439

Autorenporträt

Erich Goode is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His previous books include The Marijuana Smokers (1970), Collective Behavior (1992), Deviance in Everyday Life (2002), Extreme Deviance (edited with Angus Vail, 2008), Drugs in American Society (7th edition, 2008), and Deviant Behavior (8th edition, 2008). Nachman Ben-Yehuda is Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include Deviance and Moral Boundaries (1985), The Politics and Morality of Deviance (1990), Political Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical Device for Justice (1993), The Masada Myth (1995), Betrayals and Treason (2001), and Selective Remembrances (edited with Philip Kohl and Mara Kozelsky, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements viii
Prologue 1
1 Enter the Moral Panic 20
2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction 34
3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic 51
4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics 73
5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic 88
6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law 109
7 Collective Behavior 129
8 Social Movements 141
9 Social Problems 150
10 The Renaissance Witch Craze 168
11 Drug Abuse Panics 197
12 The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade 218
Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic 245
References 251
Author Index 270
Subject Index 275

Rezensionen

"This close reading of the facts behind a media story are the essence of Goode and Ben-Yehuda's work. They have taken the time and trouble to try and see what is a moral panic and what is true." (Metapsychology, March 2010)"In a thoroughly updated new edition of their very valuable book,Goode and Ben-Yehuda demonstrate the wide gulf that so oftenseparates the real menaces facing our society from thedisproportionate waves of public fear and concern that regularlysurface in the mass media. Their book - intelligently written,wide-ranging and provocative - shows us once again that knowingwhat a society fears is essential to understanding its core values,and its highest aspirations."
-Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University

"Moral Panics is more than a classic text in socialtheory. In this newly updated and enlarged edition, it is anindispensable text for every twenty-first century scholarinterested in the social construction and diffusion of fear."
-Barry Glassner, author of The Culture ofFear

"Moral panics remains one of the most hotly-debated sociologicalideas to have entered the public sphere, so an up-dated version ofGoode and Ben-Yehuda's pathbreaking work on this subject isvery welcome. The new version is even more enlightening than itspredecessor."
-Kenneth Thompson, Open University