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001 2009026879
003 DLC
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008 090630s2010 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009026879
020 $a9780199730872 (alk. paper)
020 $a0199730873 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn436221092
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050 00 $aHV551.2$b.W88 2010
082 00 $a303.48/5$222
100 1 $aWuthnow, Robert.
245 10 $aBe very afraid :$bthe cultural response to terror, pandemics, environmental devastation, nuclear annihilation, and other threats /$cRobert Wuthnow.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $a294 p. ;$c25 cm.
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.
650 0 $aEmergency management.
650 0 $aThreats.
650 0 $aFear$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aEpidemics$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aEpidemics$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aGlobal warming$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aGlobal warming$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aWeapons of mass destruction$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aWeapons of mass destruction$xSocial aspects.