" 'Fear,' writes Heinz Bude, 'reveals the direction in which a society is moving.' Rather than analyzing the symptoms of angst today – proliferating in blogs, self-help literature, and anxiety disorders – Bude masterfully explores the existential, political, and generational experiences that create the conditions for a 'society of fear.'"
John Borneman, Princeton University
“Consider that this slim volume, newly translated for the English-speaking market, was originally published in German in 2014 when the seeds of current tumult were perceptible but the political fruits not yet fallen — and that in this Bude resembles the pioneering Freud: Civilisation was published in 1930 just as the world was about to undergo a period of havoc.”
The Financial Times
"Wisdom can be found in Heinz Bude’s Society of Fear. Bude has defied all stereotypes of German sociology professors and produced a direct, elegant, and succinct critique of modern, individualistic society, the anxiety it generates, and the populists who exploit it."
Foreign Policy
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