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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Death is humanity’s biggest fear, and it deepens amid poverty’s harsh grip.
Chapter 3: Human panic responses profoundly influenced the design of modern public architecture and engineering.
Chapter 4: Society condemns fearful children, and usually holds mothers responsible.
Chapter 5: Terrifying nightmares were once ascribed to poor cerebral blood flow, until Freud contended they originated within ourselves, manifestations of the unconscious mind instead.
Chapter 6: Fragile societies are fertile ground for fear and panic.
Chapter 7: Extreme fear in battle produces lasting ailments and courage-fueling surges of adrenaline too.
Chapter 8: The menace of nuclear war terrified whole nations.
Chapter 9: Fears of deadly diseases shift as medicine advances.
Description
Fear (2005) explores how fear has shaped cities, parenting, and culture over the past centuries. From the role of fear in war and sickness, to the design of public buildings and the response to the threat of nuclear power, these blinks give us the historical context we need to understand the nature of fear in contemporary society.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs
- Students of sociology and psychology
- Readers curious about life in the nineteenth century