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Politics of fear, practices of hope / Stefan Skrimshire

Author
Skrimshire, Stefan
Published
London ; New York : Continuum, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (221 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Politics of fantasy -- Politics of imagination -- Experiments in hope.
Summary
Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope is about the relationship between two hugely influential ideas in political life: fear and hope . How are cultures of resistance nurtured within an environment of paranoia and social paralysis? Stefan Skrimshire argues that grass-roots responses to a politics of fear coincide with an explosion of interest in the quasi-religious themes of apocalypse, eschatology and utopia in cultural life. Where visions of a better future are replaced by the acceptance of a fearful present - a state of 'war with no end' - this is an important examination of the beliefs that.
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ISBN
9781441114709 (electronic bk.)
144111470X (electronic bk.)
9781441154149
1441154140
1472549171
9781472549174
1282871501
9781282871502
9786612871504
6612871504
9781441187888 (electronic book)
144118788X
9781847060754
1847060757
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-215) and index.
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