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A Philosophy of Fear
"More surveillance cameras, new airport security strategies, increased police powers ... we see manifestations of society's fears every day, and daily news reports on the latest household danger or the raised level in terror threats continually stoke our sense of impending doom. In A Philosophy of Fear Lars Svendsen explores the underlying ideas and issues behind this powerful emotion as he investigates how and why fear has insinuated itself into every corner of modern life." "Svendsen delves into science, politics, sociology and literature to explore the nature of fear. He examines the biology behind the emotion, from the neuroscience underlying our 'fight or flight' instinct to how fear induces us to take irrational actions in our efforts to minimize risk. And he probes the political and social realms, investigating the role of fear in the philosophies of Machiavelli and Hobbes, the...
