Name: Society of Fear
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Author: Bude, Heinz ; Spengler, Jessica
ISBN: 9781509519491

Type

Physical Book

Author

Heinz Bude

Translated by

Jessica Spengler

Publisher

Polity Press

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.8 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN13

9781509519491

Synopsis "Society of Fear"

From the rise of terrorism to the uncertainties associated with economic crisis and recession, our age is characterized by fear. Fear is the expression of a society on unstable foundations. Most of us feel that our social status is under threat and our future prospects in jeopardy. We are overwhelmed by a sense of having been catapulted into a world to which we no longer belong.Tracing this experience of fear, Heinz Bude uncovers a society marked by disturbing uncertainty, suppressed anger and quiet resentment. This is as true in our close relationships as it is in the world of work, in how we react to politicians as much as in our attitudes towards bankers and others in the financial sector. Bude shows how this fear is not derived so much from a 'powerful other' but rather from the seemingly endless range of possibilities which we face. While this may seem to offer us greater autonomy and freedom, in reality the unknown impact and meaning of each option creates a vacuum which is filled by fear.What conditions lead people to feel anxious and fearful for themselves and others? How can individuals withstand fear and develop ways of making their fears intelligible? Probing these and other questions, Bude provides a fresh analysis of some of the most fundamental features of our societies today.

Heinz Bude

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Heinz Bude (1954, Wuppertal) is a doctor in Philosophy and one of the most prominent current German sociologists. He works at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research and is a professor of Macrosociology at the University of Kassel. His diagnostics on issues such as poverty and exclusion, reunified Germany with its government headquarters in Berlin, the role of the Churches, or the level of education are very well received in the public sphere and in the German media at a national level.

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