ISBN:
9780415631051
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9781136221477 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
134 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781136221477
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Shortcuts
DDC:
302.17
Abstract:
Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen?This book uses a range of literature from sociology, cultural studies and popular psychology to develop an original analysis of panic in contemporary social life. Bringing together academic literature from a range of disciplines, films, novels and current affairs, it encourages thought about why and how we panic - both individually and collectively. Keith Tester explores how cataclysmic events and small...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
