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Author: Robert Wuthnow (Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology, Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9780199730872
ISBN 10: 0199730873
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 May 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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<br> A solidly resourced, cogently analyzed, and persuasively argued brief. -Publishers Weekly <br> Wuthnow considers the range of huge hazards that Americans have faced and asks, how have we responded? His answers are nuanced, penetrating, and wide-ranging. A fascinating intellectual journey led by a truly creative mind. <br>--Lee Clarke, author of Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster and Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination <br> In Be Very Afraid, sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines Americans' responses to the multiple perils we've confronted since 1945, from nuclear dangers to looming environmental hazards. Downplaying the usual emphasis on individual psychology-terror, despair, denial, etc.-he focuses on the culturally embedded impulse to action and problem-solving, as well as on the social norms, institutional structures, and governmental strategies that have shaped these responses. Stimulating and timely, this book offers
<br> A solidly resourced, cogently analyzed, and persuasively argued brief. -Publishers Weekly <br><p><br> Wuthnow considers the range of huge hazards that Americans have faced and asks, how have we responded? His answers are nuanced, penetrating, and wide-ranging. A fascinating intellectual journey led by a truly creative mind. <br>--Lee Clarke, author of Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster and Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination<br><p><br> In Be Very Afraid, sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines Americans' responses to the multiple perils we've confronted since 1945, from nuclear dangers to looming environmental hazards. Downplaying the usual emphasis on individual psychology-terror, despair, denial, etc.-he focuses on the culturally embedded impulse to action and problem-solving, as well as on the social norms, institutional structures, and governmental strategies that have shaped these responses. Stimulating and timely, this
Author Information
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.
