內容簡介
人類經歷了黑死病、兩次世界大戰、911事件、2008年金融危機和 Covid-19 的全球疫情，社會或許比以往任何時候都更加充滿恐懼。然而恐懼或許是驅動世界歷史的力量之一，甚至是最主要的驅動力。
本書作者 Robert Beckman 討論恐懼在歷史上的影響，既是掌握權力的工具，也是推動社會改革的催化劑，從14世紀至當代，揭開恐懼如何塑造我們。
It's been said that 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 the world through fear, from the French Revolution and the social movements of the nineteenth century to modern market crashes, Cold War paranoia and the AIDS pandemic, and into a digital culture increasingly marked by uniquely twenty-first-century fears. What did fear mean to us in the past, and how can a better understanding of it equip us to face the future? Through the stories of the people and the moments that changed history, Peckham reveals how fear and panic made us who we are.
尺寸: 12.7 x 3.18 x 19.69 cm
頁數: 448頁
