Fear - an Essential Characteristic of Recent Times
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https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenss/13.1/100Keywords:
fear, culture of fear, liquid fear, terrorist threat, FoMO syndromeAbstract
Current sociological and psychological research tends to consider fear as an essential feature of recent times, an omnipresent phenomenon of contemporary society that influences individual and collective behaviors in different fields. This theoretical analysis explores the various aspects of fear in modern society, with a focus on key concepts such as fear culture, fear sociology, liquid fear, terrorist threat, and fear of freedom. The main objective of this theoretical analysis/research/documentation is to become the theoretical framework for further research on fears and threats in a modern society.
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