The Cultural Construction of Safety and Security
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2024
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This volume analyses cultural perceptions of safety and security that have shaped modern European societies. The articles present a wide range of topics, from feelings of unsafety generated by early modern fake news to safety issues related to twentieth-century drug use in public space. The volume demonstrates how ‘safety’ is not just a social or biological condition to pursue but also a historical and cultural construct. In philosophical terms, safety can be interpreted in different ways, referring to security, certainty or trust. What does feeling safe and thinking about a safe society mean to various groups of people over time? The articles in this volume are bound by their joint effort to take a constructionist approach to emotional expressions, artistic representations, literary narratives and political discourses of (un)safety and their impact on modern European society.
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The Cultural Construction of Safety and Security
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Blok, Gemma ; Oosterholt, Jan |
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Veröffentlichung: | Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2024 |
Medientyp: | E-Book |
Umfang: | 279 |
ISBN: | 978-94-6372-047-2 (print) ; 978-90-485-5520-8 (print) |
DOI: | 10.5117/9789463720472 |
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