Liquid fear

Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings could at last take control of their lives and tame the uncontrolled forces of the social and natural worlds. And yet, at the dawn of the twenty-first ce...

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Glavni autor: Bauman, Zygmunt (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2006.
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  • Introduction: on the origin, dynamics and uses of fear
  • 1. Dread of death
  • 2. Fear and evil
  • 3. Horror of the unmanageable
  • 4. Terrors of the global
  • 5. Setting fears afloat
  • 6. Thought against fear (or, an inconclusive conclusion for those who may ask what might be done)