The domination of fear / edited by Mikko Canini.
The tropes of fear, horror and terror have come to play a dominant role the analysis of contemporary social life. The predominance of fear, as the frame through which we narrativize experience, can be perceived readily echoing across various fields from theoretical research, to the mass media, to th...
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| Superior document: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 70 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ;
v. 70. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The tropes of fear, horror and terror have come to play a dominant role the analysis of contemporary social life. The predominance of fear, as the frame through which we narrativize experience, can be perceived readily echoing across various fields from theoretical research, to the mass media, to the quotidian. Despite the commonly held view that fear is a primitive and universal affect, its definition, potential value, and perceived effects vary wildly in each instance. From literary theory to psychoanalysis to politics to philosophy, this collection of research attempts to both flesh-out these tropes and to complexify them. Individually, the essays reflect a diversity of approaches to the constellation: fear, horror and terror. Taken as a whole, they produce the ground for an analysis of the dominance of fear. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1282727192 9786612727191 9042030852 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Mikko Canini. |