Civilisation and Fear Anxiety and the Writing of the Subject

Paradoxically, if nature has always been a source of fear, civilisation - its other and at the same time the epitome of progress and order - has not only doubled fear itself, but also added its new sister, anxiety. In effect, the notions of civilisation, fear and anxiety can hardly be separated. Fea...

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Autor principal: Kalaga, Wojciech H. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Paradoxically, if nature has always been a source of fear, civilisation - its other and at the same time the epitome of progress and order - has not only doubled fear itself, but also added its new sister, anxiety. In effect, the notions of civilisation, fear and anxiety can hardly be separated. Fear - either linked Other anxiety or distinct from it - lies at the foundation of civilisation, which as much promises to shelter us from these afflictions as it does proliferate them. Confronted no l...
Descripción Física:342 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781443838283