Cultures of fear: a critical reader

摘要

In recent years, the West has declared a new form of war, a war on terror. The rhetoric of this war is not always innocent; there are those who employ it deliberately in pursuit of specific political objectives. Debates on this area focus on a diverse range of topics. Cultures of fear covers this field featuring contributions from eminent scholars, including Noam Chomsky and Susan Sontag. The book focuses on the war on terror and global politics driven by American foreign policy but also covers wide-ranging but relevant areas that the mainstream media can fail to address.