The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
By Barry Glassner
(Basic Books, Paperback, 9780465014903, 312pp.)
Publication Date: March 2000
Categories: Emotions, Sociology - General
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Description
Three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today than they did 20 years ago. "The Culture of Fear" is about the high costs of living in such a fear-ridden environment where realism has become rarer than doors without deadbolts.











