Social Theory of Fear

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 1-22Open Access

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3. Capitalism’s Collapse

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 23-39Open Access

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4. States and Social Control

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 41-61Open Access

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5. Law and Terror

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 63-78Open Access

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6. Terror, Law, and Torture

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 79-96Open Access

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7. Camps, Gallows, Ghettos, Gulags, and Prisons

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 97-113Open Access

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8. The Rise of the Icon

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 115-129Open Access

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9. Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond

   • Geoffrey R. Skoll

   Pages 131-152Open Access

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10. Resistance and the Fight against Repression

    • Geoffrey R. Skoll

    Pages 153-173Open Access

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11. The Rebel

    • Geoffrey R. Skoll

    Pages 175-197Open Access

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12. Back Matter

    Pages 199-234

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A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. In the current crisis of the capitalist world system, elites promote fear of crime and terrorism to keep and expand their privileges and control the masses. This book offers an analysis of the crisis and strategies for rebellion.

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• crime
• law
• social theory
• terrorism
• torture

" Social Theory of Fear represents an important theoretical synthesis, bringing together various and interdependent strands of social theory (including the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, Peircean semiotics, and World Systems Theory) in a new, interesting, and enlightening way. Geoffrey R. Skoll s work represents what is best in contemporary critical theory, echoing themes in postmodern theorists like Zizek and Badiou. But Skoll refashions postmodern philosophy, refracting it through a sociological imagination shaped by American semiotic pragmatism. This combination of critical semiotics and political economy makes for a unique contribution to our theoretical traditions. Skoll's interdisciplinary work will interest any reader concerned with the central theoretical and practical problems facing the contemporary world system." - Graham Cassano, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Oakland University, Book Review Editor, Critical Sociology , and editor of Class Struggle on the Homefront: Work, Conflict, and Exploitation in the Household

GEOFFREY R. SKOLL is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Buffalo State College, USA.

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