Politics of fear, practices of hope
Subtitle: depoliticisation and resistance in a time of terror
By: Stephen Skrimshire.
Publisher: Continuum Logo
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781847060754
Subjects: Religion and politics; Fear; Hope
Description: "Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope is about the relationship between two hugely influential ideas in political life: fear and hope. How are cultures of resistance nurtured within an environment of paranoia and social paralysis? Stefan Skrimshire argues that grass-roots responses to a politics of fear coincide with an explosion of interest in the quasi-religious themes of apocalypse, eschatology and utopia in cultural life. Where visions of a better future are replaced by the acceptance of a fearful present - a state of 'war with no end' - this is an important examination of the beliefs that underpin our capacity to hope."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Politics of fantasy; title: Politics of imagination; title: Experiments in hope.