Cultures of Fear: A Critical Reader by Uli Linke (English) Paperback Book

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Chomsky, Zizek, Sontag and other scholars show how governments exploit people's fear for political gain

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This collection of essays explores the formation and normalisation of fear in the context of war and terrorism.Freedom from fear is a universal right and fundamental for human well-being. People often look to governments, humanitarian agencies, and other institutions to further this aim. However, this book shows that these organisations often use the same logic of fear to monitor, control, and contain human beings in zones of violence. This is an excellent interdisciplinary reader for students of anthropology, sociology and politics. Contributors include Noam Chomsky, Slavoj Zizek, Jean Baudrillard, Catharine MacKinnon, Neil Smith, Cynthia Enloe, David L. Altheide, Cynthia Cockburn and Carolyn Nordstrum.

Author Biography

Uli Linke is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rochester Institute of Technology in the US. She is the co-editor of Cultures of Fear.Danielle Taana Smith is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at RIT. She is the co-editor of Cultures of Fear (Pluto, 2009).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Fear: a conceptual framework by Uli Linke and Danielle Taana SmithPart One: Cultures of Fear2. The New War against Terror by Noam Chomsky3. Engineering Ruins and Affect by Joseph Masco4. Terrorism and the Politics of Fear by David L. 5. Welcome to the Desert of the Real by Slavoj iekPart Two: States of Terror6. Human Rights and Complex Emergencies by Lucia Ann McSpadden and John R. MacArthur 7. Speechless Emissaries by Liisa H. Malkki8. Trauma and Vulnerability During War by Doug Henry 9. The Violence of Humanitarianism by Miriam Ticktin Part Three: Zones of Violence 10. Gender, Terrorism, and War by Susan J. Brison11. The Continuum of Violence by Cynthia Cockburn12. Child Soldiers by Julia Dickson-Gómez13. Girls Behind the (Front) Lines by Carolyn Nordstrom14. On the Run by Solrun Williksen Part Four: Intimacies of Suffering 15. War and Sexual Violence by Elisabeth Jean Wood16. Militarizing Women's Lives by Cynthia Enloe17. The Political Economy of Rape by Meredeth Turshen18. On the Torture of Others by Susan SontagPart Five: Normalizing Terror19. Cultural Appropriations of Suffering by Arthur Kleinman and Joan Kleinman20. The Biopolitics of Disposability by Henry A. Giroux21. Empire of Camps by Nicholas MirzoeffIndex

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InCultures of Fear, a truly world-class line up of scholars explore how governments use fear in order to control their citizens. The "social contract" gives modern states responsibility for the security of their citizens, but this collection argues that governments often nurture a culture of fear within their countries. When people are scared of "terrorist" threats, or "alarming rises" in violent crime they are more likely to accept oppressive laws from their rulers.Cultures of Fearis and interdisciplinary reader for students of anthropology and politics. Contributors include Noam Chomsky, Slavoj Zizek, Jean Baudrillard, Catharine MacKinnon, Neil Smith, Cynthia Enloe, David L. Altheide, Cynthia Cockburn and Carolyn Nordstrum.

Details ISBN0745329659 Short Title CULTURES OF FEAR Language English ISBN-10 0745329659 ISBN-13 9780745329659 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Imprint Pluto Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Uli Linke DEWEY 306.2 Author Danielle Taana Smith AU Release Date 2009-10-09 NZ Release Date 2009-10-09 Publisher Pluto Press Series Anthropology, Culture and Society Alternative 9780745329666 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 360 Publication Date 2009-10-09 Subtitle A Critical Reader UK Release Date 2009-10-09 We've got this

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