Entertaining Fear

Rhetoric and the Political Economy of Social Control

Catherine Chaput editor Clifford A Jones editor MJ Braun editor Danika M Brown editor Bruce Gronbeck editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published:10th Nov '09

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Throughout the political spectrum, successful arguments often rely on fear appeals, whether implicit or explicit. Dominant arguments prey on people’s fears – of economic failure, cultural backwardness, or lack of personal safety. Counterarguments feed on other fears, suggesting that audiences are being duped by emotional smokescreens. With chapters on the political, institutional, and cultural manifestations of fear, this book offers diverse investigations into how insecurity and the search for certainty shape contemporary political economic decisions, and explores how the rhetorical manipulation of such fears illuminates a larger struggle for social control.

ISBN: 9781433105852

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 430g

290 pages

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