Fear: An Alternative History of the World - Couverture souple

Peckham, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1788167252 ISBN 13 : 9781788167253

Editeur : Profile Books Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

'Extraordinary' Ai Weiwei

'Brilliant' Simon Schama

Fear has long been a driving force - perhaps the driving force - of world history: a coercive tool of power and a catalyst for radical change. Here, Robert Peckham traces its transformative role over a millennium, from fears of famine and war to anxieties over God, disease, technology and financial crises.

In a landmark global history that ranges from the Black Death to the terror of the French Revolution, the AIDS pandemic to climate change, Peckham reveals how fear made us who we are, and how understanding it can equip us to face the future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Peckham is a cultural historian and founder of Open Cube, an organisation that promotes the integration of the arts, science, and technology for health. He was previously Professor of History and MB Lee Endowed Professor in the Humanities and Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. He has held fellowships at Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, and King's College London, and been a visiting scholar at NYU. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has published in Foreign Affairs, New Statesman, Prospect, the Guardian, the Independent and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in New York.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Profile Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1788167252
• ISBN 13: 9781788167253
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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