Landscapes of Fear Contributor(s): Tuan, Yi-Fu (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816684596 ISBN-13: 9780816684595 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - History - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 152.4 |
LCCN: 2013012527 |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.59" W x 8.46" (0.75 lbs) 262 pages |
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Publisher Description:
In a series of linked essays that journey broadly across place, time, and cultures, Tuan examines the diverse manifestations and causes of fear in individuals and societies: he describes the horror created by epidemic disease and supernatural visions of witches and ghosts; violence and fear in the country and the city; fears of drought, flood, famine, and disease; and the ways in which authorities devise landscapes of terror to instill fear and subservience in their own populations. In this groundbreaking work--now with a new preface by the author--Yi-Fu Tuan reaches back into our prehistory to discover what is universal and what is particular in our inheritance of fear. Tuan emphasizes that human fear is a constant; it causes us to draw what he calls our "circles of safety" and at the same time acts as a foundational impetus behind curiosity, growth, and adventure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tuan, Yi-Fu: - Yi-Fu Tuan is the J.K. Wright and Vilas professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Hydrological Cycle and the Wisdom of God (Toronto), Topophilia (Prentice-Hall), Space and Place (Minnesota), Landscapes of Fear (Pantheon), Segmented Worlds and Self (Minnesota), Dominance and Affection (Yale), The Good Life (Wisconsin), and Morality and Imagination (Wisconsin). |