Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research: A Pluri-Disciplinary Approach

Jodelet, Denise; Vala, Jorge; Drozda-Senkowska, Ewa

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2021-04-20

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783030393175

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39315-1

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 220