Bauman Liquid Fear

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5449-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when thefears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behindand human beings could at last take control of their lives and tamethe uncontrolled forces of the social and natural worlds. And yet,at the dawn of the twenty-first century, we live again in a time offear. Whether its the fear of natural disasters, the fear ofenvironmental catastrophes or the fear of indiscriminate terroristattacks, we live today in a state of constant anxiety about thedangers that could strike unannounced and at any moment. Fear isthe name we give to our uncertainty in the face of the dangers thatcharacterize our liquid modern age, to our ignorance of what thethreat is and our incapacity to determine what can and can't bedone to counter it.
This new book by Zygmunt Bauman one of the foremost social thinkersof our time is an inventory of liquid modern fears. It is also anattempt to uncover their common sources, to analyse the obstaclesthat pile up on the road to their discovery and to examine the waysof putting them out of action or rendering them harmless.
Through his brilliant account of the fears and anxieties thatweigh on us today, Bauman alerts us to the scale of the task whichwe shall have to confront through most of the current century if wewish our fellow humans to emerge at its end feeling more secure andself-confident than we feel at its beginning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauman, Zygmunt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: On the Origin, Dynamics and Uses of Fear 1
1 Dread of Death 22
2 Fear and Evil 54
3 Horror of the Unmanageable 72
4 Terrors of the Global 96
5 Setting Fears Afl oat 129
6 Thought against Fear (or, an inconclusive conclusion for those who may ask what might be done) 160
Notes 178
Index 186

Über Autor(innen)

Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw.