… concept of culture of fear that is central to understanding the phenomenon of fear. The main
… of fear to become the practical framework for analysis of fears and threats in a modern society…

… Our essays have tried to focus on fears which were a persistent concern to early modern
people, fears which preoccupied their thoughts, influenced their actions and guided those of …

… risks such as new fear stimuli while also revealing their sources in contemporary Western
society, characterized as a world risk society, marked by a specific culture of fear. New …

… Our children are no longer allowed to walk to school, and the landscapes of fear that we …
fears may be merited. But they have become part of the common currency of late modern society…

… The fear of failure has an impact not only on the image in society or the development of a
general opinion about the individual, but also on self-esteem, self-confidence, and their …

… —a frequent concern of modern France. What is behind all those fears of the statesmen is the
… We fear a society of fearful people.” The liberalism she called for required “the possibility of …

… of fear that grips our society. This book aims to remedy that confusion. It sets the modern
obsession with fear in its historical context, and examines how the way we fear now differs from …

… , society aims to intensify or weaken the states of human fear. In the context of destruction of
the usual mechanisms opposing fear, when fear … left face to face with fear. The existentials of …

… But the cumulative load of modern threats may be creating … approach must recognize that
these fears pose an actual danger that … Some observers suggest that our fears are a post-11 …

… sociology, is to explore how fear of crime, arguably now a generic feature of modern,
developed societies, is explained and handled by society. This will also involve what Luhmann …