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Social theory of fear: terror, torture, and death in a post-capitalist world
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Abstract Fear has long served elites. They rely on fear to keep and expand their privileges and control the masses. In the current crisis of the capitalist world system, elites in the United States, along with other central countries, promote fear of crime and terrorism. They shaped these fears so that peopl... mehr
Fear has long served elites. They rely on fear to keep and expand their privileges and control the masses. In the current crisis of the capitalist world system, elites in the United States, along with other central countries, promote fear of crime and terrorism. They shaped these fears so that people looked to authorities for security, which permitted extension of apparatuses of coercion like police and military forces. In the face of growing oppression, rebellion against elite hegemony remains possible. This book offers an analysis of the crisis and strategies for rebellion.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kriminalität; Kapitalismus; Marginalität; Manipulation; Recht; Folter; Widerstand; Repression; Todesstrafe; Sicherheit; soziale Kontrolle; Risikogesellschaft; Angst; Terrorismus
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Sozialpsychologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Law; Terror; Fear; Society
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsort
Basingstoke
Seitenangabe
234 S.
ISBN
978-0-230-10349-8
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung