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Be Very Afraid: The Cultural Response to Terror, Pandemics, Environmental

Be Very Afraid: The Cultural Response to Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, and Other Threats Hardback - 2010

by Robert Wuthnow

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Hardback. New. Disputes the view that fear of peril results in denial and argues that a more common response is to do things to overcome our sense of vulnerability even if these things are ineffective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Citations

  • Choice, 07/01/2011, Page 0
  • Christian Century, 06/01/2010, Page 40
  • Christianity Today, 08/01/2010, Page 35
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/11/2010, Page 39

About the author

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles and books about American culture, including American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short and Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Christianity.