Societies Under Threat

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This book illuminates the importance of threat on the representation of everyday life, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Divided into three parts, the book sets out by addressing the conceptual aspects of threat and by opening views  on phenomena and social processes associated with threat. It shows how  threat constitutes an analytical category that simultaneously involves social, psychological, religious, historical and political factors, and calls for a sufficiently broad conceptual definition to integrate pluri-disciplinary contributions. The second part focuses on the building of threats, mainly the environmental threats that have reached a tragic dimension today and are a core aspect of world concerns, the contemporary global terrorism, the migrations and the challenges these bring to contemporary societies, as well as the threats associated with the emergence of nationalism and the diverse aspects of excluding the Other. The final part examines the coping strategies, including oblivion, denial and defiance associated with different sources of threats, for instance those arising from epidemic and collective diseases, financial technology, natural disasters and collective traumas.
This book illuminates the importance of threat on the representation of everyday life, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Divided into three parts, the book sets out by addressing the conceptual aspects of threat and by opening views  on phenomena and social processes associated with threat. It shows how  threat constitutes an analytical category that simultaneously involves social, psychological, religious, historical and political factors, and calls for a sufficiently broad conceptual definition to integrate pluri-disciplinary contributions. The second part focuses on the building of threats, mainly the environmental threats that have reached a tragic dimension today and are a core aspect of world concerns, the contemporary global terrorism, the migrations and the challenges these bring to contemporary societies, as well as the threats associated with the emergence of nationalism and the diverse aspects of excluding the Other. The final part examines the coping strategies, including oblivion, denial and defiance associated with different sources of threats, for instance those arising from epidemic and collective diseases, financial technology, natural disasters and collective traumas.
Illuminates the importance of threat on the representation of everyday life, from an interdisciplinary perspective Addresses the social meanings of threats in the context of terrorism, nationalism, migrants and refugees and diversity as challenges for contemporary societies Promotes cooperation and dialogue on risks and threats in society, between the human and social sciences Brings together internationally distinguished and influential authors from different disciplines on psychological, social, religious, historical and political factors of threats

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Denise Jodelet

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Social Meanings of Threats Social Psychological Processes Creating Threat from Risk Notion of Threat in the Public Sphere Collective Emotional Experiences on Threats Global Terrorism Migrants and Refugees as Threats Disclosure of Minority Groups Intimate Relationships and the AIDS Threat Risk and Threats of Climate Change Threats of Financial Technology Controlling Threats Potentialization of Threats Environmental Threats for Society Coping with Threats in the Public Sphere

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