Culture of Fear: Risk-Taking and the Morality of Low Expectation (Global Issues) - Softcover

Furedi, Frank

 
9780304337514: Culture of Fear: Risk-Taking and the Morality of Low Expectation (Global Issues)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 030433751X ISBN 13: 9780304337514
Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Safety has become one of the fundamental preoccupations of the 1990s. In a world obsessed with abuse, stranger danger, disease and environmental damage, people are constantly told that they are at risk, and urged to take greater precautions and seek more protection. An in-depth consideration of the crime, health and safety scares which have come to dominate people's lives, this text argues that the current preoccupation with safety and survival reflects an outlook of low expectation. The book critically examines the roots and the consequences of contemporary risk consciousness, favouring the view that humans are capable of confronting problems and taking risks.

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Verlag
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
030433751X
ISBN 13 
9780304337514
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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