It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease, poverty, and other people. In Fear: An Alternative History of the World, Robert Peckham considers the impact of fear in history, as both a coercive tool of power and as a catalyst for social change. Beginning with the Black Death in the fourteenth century, Peckham traces a shadow history of fear. He takes us th Fear - Robert Peckham od authora Robert Peckham a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Robert Peckham |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
448 |
| Rok vydání |
2023 |
| Nakladatelství |
Profile Books |
