Bibliograph

Social theory of fear, terror, torture, and death in a post-capitalist world, Geoffrey R. Skoll

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Social theory of fear, terror, torture, and death in a post-capitalist world, Geoffrey R. Skoll

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-227) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Social theory of fear

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

500819584

Responsibility statement

Geoffrey R. Skoll

Sub title

terror, torture, and death in a post-capitalist world

Summary

Fear has long served elites. They rely on fear to keep and expand their privileges and control the masses. In the current crisis of the capitalist world system, elites in the United States, along with other central countries, promote fear of crime and terrorism. They shaped these fears so that people looked to authorities for security, which permitted extension of apparatuses of coercion like police and military forces. In the face of growing oppression, rebellion against elite hegemony remains possible. This book offers an analysis of the crisis and strategies for rebellion

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Capitalism's collapse -- States and social control -- Law and terror -- Terror, law, and torture -- Camps, gallows, ghettos, gulags, and prisons -- The rise of the icon -- Modernism, postmodernism, and beyond -- Resistance and the fight against repression -- The rebel

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