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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
capitalism; manipulation; repression; security; anxiety; criminality; risk society; death penalty; resistance; social control; torture; terrorism; law; marginality
Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Social Psychology
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Law; Terror; Fear; Society
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
City
Basingstoke
Page/Pages
234 p.
ISBN
978-0-230-10349-8
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works