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risk and fear
The politics of the hidden agenda
spiked,
26 June 2009
Spreading conspiracy theories – stories about a world warped by evil forces – remains the pastime of marginalised groups. But conspiratorial thinking, the idea that someone, somewhere is to blame for every misfortune, has become respectable.
What swine flu reveals about the culture of fear
spiked,
5 May 2009
A guide to today’s various species of scaremonger.
Be afraid …
Sunday Herald,
3 May 2009
Essay of the week: Pig flu, bird flu, global warming, crime ... Why professional panic-mongers are making us terrified.
Dramatisering van een ziekte
De Standaard,
2 May 2009
De recente gebeurtenissen rond de Mexicaanse griep tonen dat onze maatschappij wel over de wetenschappelijke kennis beschikt om griepuitbarstingen het hoofd te bieden, maar ziekte nog altijd als een voorbode van de Apocalyps beschouwt.
Swine flu and the dramatisation of disease
spiked,
28 April 2009
Recent events show that, while society has the scientific know-how to cope with outbreaks of flu, it still sees disease as a harbinger of apocalypse.
Terror in Mumbai: the same old, same old
spiked,
1 December 2008
Claims that the attacks represent a new form of ‘Fourth Generation Warfare’ are infused with historical amnesia and fearmongering.
Fear and the city
New Statesman,
16 October 2008
These are alarming times, but what are we all most afraid of? From London to Cairo to Beijing, a new geography of global anxiety is emerging.
Climate crisis and the idea of humanity
Fora TV,
23 September 2008
How the very definitions of freedom and humanity have changed since their Enlightenment conception.
Hurricane Gustav and the incitement to panic
spiked,
3 September 2008
US officials’ overblown reaction to Gustav shows that the politics of worst-case thinking can seriously harm community safety and solidarity.
Gordon Brown’s register of risks? Rip it up
spiked,
25 March 2008
By labelling everything from terror to flu as a ‘security threat’, the PM is nurturing a jittery nation.
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