Jumping at Shadows
The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream
$59.99
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2017
Summary
Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens of thousands each year-is dismissed with a yawn? Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger’s front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived to be so threatening that the stranger shoots her dead? In Jumping at Shadows, Sasha Abramsky sets his sights on America’s most dangerous epidemic: irrational fear.
In this meditation on the para…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568585192 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1568585195 |
| Author: | Sasha Abramsky |
| Publisher: | Avalon Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Nation Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 538g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 242mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“A provocative look at the science and psychology behind fear-based politics…. Abramsky presents a clearly written synthesis of science and sociology. A thoughtful progressive feint against the vulgar fearmongering of the moment.”–Kirkus Reviews“In this fascinating examination of fear, journalist Abramsky (The American Way of Poverty) reveals how it has infected the collective American psyche, influencing everything from child rearing to government. …Readers interested in groupthink, sociology, or seeking insight into the current state of American politics will devour this book.”–Library Journal
About The Author
Sasha Abramsky
Sasha Abramsky is an author, freelance journalist, lecturer at the University of California, and a senior fellow at Demos. His work has appeared in The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, New York magazine, the American Prospect, Salon, Slate, NewYorker.com, LA Weekly, The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, and Rolling Stone. His 2013 book The American Way of Poverty was listed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and his 2015 volume The House of Twenty Thousand Books was selected by Kirkus as one of the best nonfiction books of the year. Abramsky lives in Sacramento, California, with his wife and their two children.
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