Globalization of American Fear Culture

The Empire in the Twenty-First Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Fear and terror have come to drive world politics, and the people who do the driving have shaped and used them to carry out their policies. As the world's political economy devolves into chaos, Globalization of American Fear Culture posits that violence and fear have become the new statecraft.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-01-20
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt410 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor213
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137570338

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1.Introduction: Globalization of American Fear Culture: The Empire in the Twenty-First Century2.Construction of Fear Culture in the United States from Red Scares to Terrorism3.American Imperialism and the Fear Culture: Four Wars4.19685.Taking Over the Imperial Mantle6.Spreading the Fear: The Global Empire7.Terror, Terrorism, and 9/11: The Globalized Culture of Fear8.Things to Fear: Real Threats to People and the World9.Current Chaos: The Collapsing World System of Capitalism10. Stopping the Fear: Resistance against the Fear Culture or What Everyone Needs to Know

"I feel professor Skoll presents a well-argumented book which is a result of years of academic maturation and research. ... Skoll exerts a radical and illustrative criticism on the 'culture of fear' in the USA. It gives us an impressive snapshot of the USA so that readers may expand their understanding of what capitalism is. To my end, this is one of those books which are a must-read reference ... ." (International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, Vol. 4 (4), 2016)