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Abstract
This collection of essays explores the formation and normalisation of fear in the context of war and terrorism.
Freedom from fear is a universal right and fundamental for human well-being. People often look to governments, humanitarian agencies, and other institutions to further this aim. However, this book shows that these organisations often use the same logic of fear to monitor, control, and contain human beings in zones of violence.
This is an excellent interdisciplinary reader for students of anthropology, sociology and politics. Contributors include Noam Chomsky, Slavoj Zizek, Jean Baudrillard, Catharine MacKinnon, Neil Smith, Cynthia Enloe, David L. Altheide, Cynthia Cockburn and Carolyn Nordstrum.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Acknowledgments | vii | ||
| Series Preface | x | ||
| 1. Fear: A Conceptual Framework by Uli Linke and Danielle Taana Smith | 1 | ||
| Part I: Cultures of Fear | 19 | ||
| 2. The New War Against Terror by Noam Chomsky | 24 | ||
| 4. Terrorism and the Politics of Fear by David L. Altheide | 54 | ||
| 5. Welcome to the Desert of the Real!Slavoj Žižek | 70 | ||
| Part II: States of Terror | 79 | ||
| 6. Human Rights and Complex Emergencies by Lucia Ann McSpadden and John R. MacArthur | 84 | ||
| 7. Speechless Emissaries by Liisa H. Malkki | 101 | ||
| 8. Trauma and Vulnerability during War by Doug Henry | 117 | ||
| 9. The Violence of Humanitarianism by Miriam Ticktin | 132 | ||
| Part III: Zones of Violence | 149 | ||
| 10. Gender, Terrorism, and War by Susan J. Brison | 155 | ||
| 11. The Continuum of Violence by Cynthia Cockburn | 158 | ||
| 12. Child Soldiers: Growing Up in a Guerilla Camp by Julia Dickson-Gómez | 174 | ||
| 13. Girls Behind the (Front) Lines by Carolyn Nordstrom | 189 | ||
| 14. On the Run: Narrative of an Asylum Seeker by Solrun Williksen | 201 | ||
| Part IV: Intimacies of Suffering | 217 | ||
| 15. War and Sexual Violence by Elisabeth Jean Wood | 222 | ||
| 16. Militarizing Women’s Lives: When Soldiers Rape by Cynthia Enloe | 238 | ||
| 17. The Political Economy of Violence: Women during Armed Conflict in Uganda by Meredeth Turshen | 254 | ||
| 18. Regarding the Torture of Others by Susan Sontag | 272 | ||
| Part V: Normalizing Terror | 283 | ||
| 19. Cultural Appropriations of Suffering by Arthur Kleinman and Joan Kleinman | 288 | ||
| 20. The Biopolitics of Disposability by Henry A. Giroux | 304 | ||
| 21. Empire of Camps by Nicholas Mirzoeff | 313 | ||
| Notes on Contributors | 327 | ||
| Index | 335 |