ISBN:
9780199777389
,
0199777381
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (vii, 294 p.)
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Wuthnow, Robert, 1946 - Be very afraid
DDC:
303.4'85
Keywords:
Emergency management
;
Threats
;
Bedrohungsvorstellung
;
Innere Sicherheit
;
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Politische Bewegung
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
USA
Abstract:
Here, Wuthnow examines the human response to existential threats. Freud, he notes, famously taught that the standard psychological response to an overwhelming danger is denial. In fact, Wuthnow writes, the opposite is true: we seek ways of positively meeting the threat, of doing something even if it's wasteful and time-consuming.
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730872.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730872.001.0001
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