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portada Landscapes of Fear (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Year
2013
Language
English
Pages
262
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0816684596
ISBN13
9780816684595
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Landscapes of Fear (in English)

Yi-Fu Tuan (Author) · University Of Minnesota Press · Paperback

Landscapes of Fear (in English) - Yi-Fu Tuan

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Synopsis "Landscapes of Fear (in English)"

To be human is to experience fear, but what is it exactly that makes us fearful? Landscapes of Fear—written immediately after his classic Space and Place—is renowned geographer Yi-Fu Tuan’s influential exploration of the spaces of fear and of how these landscapes shift during our lives and vary throughout history.In a series of linked essays that journey broadly across place, time, and cultures, Tuan examines the diverse manifestations and causes of fear in individuals and societies: he describes the horror created by epidemic disease and supernatural visions of witches and ghosts; violence and fear in the country and the city; fears of drought, flood, famine, and disease; and the ways in which authorities devise landscapes of terror to instill fear and subservience in their own populations.In this groundbreaking work—now with a new preface by the author—Yi-Fu Tuan reaches back into our prehistory to discover what is universal and what is particular in our inheritance of fear. Tuan emphasizes that human fear is a constant; it causes us to draw what he calls our “circles of safety” and at the same time acts as a foundational impetus behind curiosity, growth, and adventure.

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