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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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.
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