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.
| Author: Stefan Skrimshire |
| Publisher: Continuum |
| Publication Date: Jan 10, 2009 |
| Number of Pages: 230 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1847060757 |
| ISBN-13: 9781847060754 |
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