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100 1 _aWuthnow, Robert,
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245 1 0 _aBe very afraid :
_bthe cultural response to terror, pandemics, environmental devastation, nuclear annihilation, and other threats /
_cRobert Wuthnow.
264 1 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a294 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Perilous times -- The nuclear-haunted era -- What to mobilize against -- Waging war on terror -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Panics and pandemics -- Environmental catastrophe -- Setting a new agenda -- The call for action -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
520 _aExamines the human response to existential threats--once a matter for theology, but now looming before us in multiple forms. Nuclear weapons, pandemics, global warming: each threatens to destroy the planet, or at least to annihilate our species. Freud, Wuthnow notes, famously taught that the standard psychological response to an overwhelming danger is denial. In fact, Wuthnow argues, the opposite is true: we seek ways of positively meeting the threat, of doing something--anything--even if it's wasteful and time-consuming. It would be one thing if our responses were merely pointless, Wuthnow observes, but they can actually be harmful.--From publisher description.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650 0 _aEmergency management.
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650 0 _aThreats
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650 0 _aFear
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650 0 _aTerrorism
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650 0 _aTerrorism
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650 0 _aEpidemics
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650 0 _aGlobal warming
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650 0 _aGlobal warming
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650 0 _aNuclear weapons
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650 0 _aNuclear weapons
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650 0 _aWeapons of mass destruction
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650 0 _aWeapons of mass destruction
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