Crisis And The Culture Of Fear And Anxiety In Contemporary Europe

Author : Carmen Zamorano Llena,Jonas Stier,Billy Gray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000916898

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Crisis and the Culture of Fear and Anxiety in Contemporary Europe by Carmen Zamorano Llena,Jonas Stier,Billy Gray Pdf

The accruement of crises over the last two decades, with their particular manifestations in the European context, has evoked the feeling of living in exceptional times, as captured in the recurrent claim that we live in the "age of anxiety." The main aim of this collection is to analyse, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the causes and consequences of the current dominance of the discourse of fear, anxiety, and crisis through the experience of distinct and often interdependent moral panics in twenty-first-century Europe. With its multidisciplinary approach, this volume sheds light on the need to view the interrelationship between different crises and their associated affects as crucial in attaining a more nuanced understanding of the aetiology and effects of the current "age of anxiety." This multidisciplinary scrutiny of the interrelationship of twenty-first-century fears, anxiety and crises signals an original engagement with these complex phenomena in order to make their emergence and profound effects on contemporary society more comprehensible. The timeliness of the thematic focus and the rigorous in-depth analyses make this collection relevant to students and academics within the fields of sociology, literary and cultural studies, political science and anthropology, as well as to those in European studies and global studies.

Author : Emmy Eklundh,Andreja Zevnik,Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783489923

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Politics of Anxiety by Emmy Eklundh,Andreja Zevnik,Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet Pdf

Develops the concept of anxiety as a tool of political theory that draws together current political problems, from austerity and migration to security and terror

Author : Frank Jacob,Adam Luedtke
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781622732920

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Migration and the Crisis of the Modern Nation State? by Frank Jacob,Adam Luedtke Pdf

The anthology explores the interrelationship between migration and a supposedly existent crisis of the modern nation state. The argument of such a crisis is mainly used by the New Right to stimulate nationalist feelings and provoke hate and aggression. We, in contrast to this perception, argue that from a historical and current perspective, migration is not endangering the nation state, but rather changing the idea of a nation itself by redefining it. In historical as well as current case studies, the authors determine the political dangers of right wing demagogues, while emphasizing the chances, immigration is offering the progress of the nation state. While it will be discussed how nationalism is impacting on the perception of migration, we also want to emphasize how it is perceived by the people in the specific regions, which are either confronted with migration or those which are not. The authors for the volume come from different fields, namely history and political sciences, and are consequently able to offer the reader a broad insight into the historical roots and the current consequences nationalism had or has on the perception and the local as well as global policies towards migration. The analysis of particular immigrant groups (e.g. North Koreans in post-war Korea, South Asians in the Emirates, Middle Eastern refugees in Europe, Hispanics in the United States) as well as a close reading of crisis related media (newspapers and other media in Europe and the US) will, all in all, establish a broad perspective, due to which the reader will be able to compare and connect the national events to a larger global picture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Anxiety
ISBN : 9004370668

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FEAR AND ANXIETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric Langenbacher,Bill Niven,Ruth Wittlinger
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857455819

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Dynamics of Memory and Identity in Contemporary Europe by Eric Langenbacher,Bill Niven,Ruth Wittlinger Pdf

The collapse of the Iron Curtain, the renationalization of eastern Europe, and the simultaneous eastward expansion of the European Union have all impacted the way the past is remembered in today’s eastern Europe. At the same time, in recent years, the Europeanization of Holocaust memory and a growing sense of the need to stage a more “self-critical” memory has significantly changed the way in which western Europe commemorates and memorializes the past. The increasing dissatisfaction among scholars with the blanket, undifferentiated use of the term “collective memory” is evolving in new directions. This volume brings the tension into focus while addressing the state of memory theory itself.

Author : David C. Buxbaum,Assoc. of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning
Publisher : Springer
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789401762168

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Family Law and Customary Law in Asia by David C. Buxbaum,Assoc. of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning Pdf

Author : Thomas Austin
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781474448529

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Cinema of Crisis by Thomas Austin Pdf

"This collection explores the politics and aesthetics of filmmaking across Europe in flux. It brings together scholars from Spain to Estonia, Hungary to Britain, in order to trace European filmmakers' diverse responses to the interlinked upheavals and emergencies of the past three decades."--

Author : Ipek A. Celik
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472052721

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In Permanent Crisis by Ipek A. Celik Pdf

Dissects the ways filmmakers frame ethnic and racial Otherness in Europe as adornments of catastrophe

Author : Yiannis Mylonas
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004409187

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The “Greek Crisis” in Europe by Yiannis Mylonas Pdf

The “Greek Crisis” in Europe: Race, Class and Politics, analyses the publicity of the so-called “Greek crisis” by deploying critical theory and cultural studies perspectives. The study discloses racial and class media biases, and their associations with austerity.

Author : John Alexander Williams,Alexandra Hagen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538158999

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Conflict and Survival in Contemporary Western European Film by John Alexander Williams,Alexandra Hagen Pdf

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, efforts to improve human rights, social equality, and democracy in western Europe have faced growing challenges that range from economic and medical crises to the resurgence of the tribalist far right. Studying western European cinema reveals how filmmakers have been using their art to reflect on the region’s contemporary problems and potentials. In Conflict and Survival in Contemporary Western European Film, John Alexander Williams and Alexandra Hagen have collected a diverse array of essays that analyzehow filmmakers have portrayed forms of strifeand endurancein the new century. Divided into three thematic sections—historical conflicts and national identities; migrants, natives, and battles over space; and ethical struggles in everyday life—this book offers case studies of historical context, narrative, and form in a range of significant recent films. Showcasing such movies as Days of Glory, A War, Code Unknown, The Edge of Heaven, Toni Erdmann, The Great Beauty, and Weekend, this fascinating collection presents contemporary filmmakers as critical citizen-artists who are directly involved in interrogating the past, present, and future of Europe.

Author : Andrea Boscoboinik,Hana Horáková (Anthropologist)
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 3643904746

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The Anthropology of Fear by Andrea Boscoboinik,Hana Horáková (Anthropologist) Pdf

"Avoiding the lure of a psychological conceptualisation of fear, all chapters in this volume substantiate the criticism towards specific postmodern trends in anthropology that would rather focus on the individual dimension of fear, thus missing its social aspects. Fear cannot and must not be reduced to an emotional phenomenon, but must rather be regarded by anthropologists as the prime mover of rational management in dangerous or risky situations. The various forms of fear appear to be shaped by societies." -- Christian Giordano, U. of Fribourg (Series: Fribourg Studies in Social Anthropology / Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien / Etudes d'Anthropologie Sociale de l'Universite de Fribourg - Vol. 41)

Author : Rita Chin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691192772

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The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe by Rita Chin Pdf

"From the influx of immigrants in the 1950s to contemporary worries about refugees and terrorism, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe examines the historical development of multiculturalism on the Continent. Rita Chin argues that there were few efforts to institute state-sponsored policies of multiculturalism, and those that emerged were pronounced failures virtually from their inception. She shows that today's crisis of support for cultural pluralism isn't new but actually has its roots in the 1980s. Chin looks at the touchstones of European multiculturalism, from the urgent need for laborers after World War II to the public furor over the publication of The Satanic Verses and the question of French girls wearing headscarves to school. While many Muslim immigrants had lived in Europe for decades, in the 1980s they came to be defined by their religion and the public's preoccupation with gender relations. Acceptance of sexual equality became the critical gauge of Muslims' compatibility with Western values. The convergence of left and right around the defense of such personal freedoms against a putatively illiberal Islam has threatened to undermine commitment to pluralism as a core ideal. Chin contends that renouncing the principles of diversity brings social costs, particularly for the left, and she considers how Europe might construct an effective political engagement with its varied population."--Publisher web site

Author : Maria Vliek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000409130

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Former Muslims in Europe by Maria Vliek Pdf

Within contemporary Western European academic, media, and socio-political spheres, Muslims are predominantly seen through the lens of increased religiosity. This religiosity is often seen as problematic, especially in the context of securitised discourses of Islamist terrorism. Yet, there are clear indications that a growing number of people who grew up in Muslim families no longer subscribe to Islam or call themselves religious at all. Drawing on fieldwork in the UK and the Netherlands, this study examines the experiences of people moving out of Islam. It rigorously questions the antagonistic nature of the debate between ‘the religious’ and ‘the secular’, or who is in and who is out, and argues for recognition of the ambiguity that most of us live in. Revealing many complex forms of moving out, this study adds much-needed nuance to understandings of secularity and Muslim identities in Europe.

Author : Edward Foley
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783039435937

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Music: Its Theologies and Spiritualities by Edward Foley Pdf

This volume is an exploration of the varied and sometimes unrecognized ways in which music—especially in ritual contexts—can serve as both a spiritual conduit as well as a theological source. With topics ranging from a Congolese choir in Ireland to the Orthodox chant in Georgia, from postmodern reflections on new Passion compositions to reflections on the sacramentality of Black gospel music, this volume offers a rich plumbing of very diverse yet well researched musical traditions—case studies from around the globe—for their spiritual and theological contributions.

Author : J. Lewis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230297708

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Crisis in the Global Mediasphere by J. Lewis Pdf

Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure.