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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2012.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30786460*spi |
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... |
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Descripción Física: | 342 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781443838283 |