Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope - Depoliticisation and Resistance in a Time of Terror

Informationen zum Autor Stefan Skrimshire is Associate Professor in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Part 1 Politics of Fantasy Chapter 2: Post-Democracy and the War on Terror Chapter 3: From Fear to Desire Chapter 4: Accidents Waiting to Happen Part 2 Politics of Imagination Chapter 5: Utopia: Radical Imagination Chapter 6: Eschatology: Radical Waiting Chapter 7: Apocalypse: Radical Seeing Part 3 Experiments in Hope Chapter 8: The Performance of Dissent Chapter 9: How to be Common Chapter 10: Bodies of Resistance Chapter 11: Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Skrimshire, Skrimshire Stefan
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2008
• EAN: 9781847060754
• ISBN: 978-1-84706-075-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Continuum Studies in Religion and Political Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Religion & beliefs, Politics & government, Politics and government, Religion and beliefs