Robert Wuthnow

Be Very Afraid (eBook, ePUB)

The Cultural Response to Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, and Other Threats

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Disputes the view that fear of peril results in denial and argues that a more common response is to do things to overcome our sense of vulnerability even if these things are ineffective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199889747
• Artikelnr.: 38148392

Autorenporträt

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles and books about American culture, including American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short and Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Christianity.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1.: Perilous Times
2.: The Nuclear-Haunted Era
3.: What to Mobilize Against
4.: Waging War on Terror
5.: Weapons of Mass Destruction
6.: Panics and Pandemics
7.: Environmental Catastrophe
8.: Setting a New Agenda
9.: The Call for Action
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index