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- Book Title
- Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black
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Publisher
Publicaffairs
ISBN-10
1586486187
ISBN-13
9781586486181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70949290
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Dread : How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Subject
Psychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias, Diseases / Contagious, Infectious Diseases, Healthy Living, Epidemiology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Psychology, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-000248
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Helen Epstein, author of Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa "In this richly detailed and fascinating book, Alcabes explores the meaning of epidemics throughout history, and what our fears of them tell us about ourselves. Like Susan Sontag, he reminds us just how hard it is to see these diseases for what they are." Barry Glassner, author of The Gospel of Food and The Culture of Fear "Exceptionally insightful and persuasively argued, Dread is at once a chronicle of the uses and (more often) abuses of the term epidemic and an antidote to the modern tendency to transmute fears of strangers and societal and personal failings into diseases." Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present " Dread is an insightful education in how art and science inform each other in a cultural synergy that, even today, keeps us from discerning what is medicine and what is myth. The word "genius" has been debased by frequent use, but this is a work of undeniable genius in the most exalted sense. What Stephen Jay Gould did for natural history, Philip Alcabes has done for public health." SEED Magazine , April book pick "With its analysis of historical and modern epidemics, both real and imagined, Dread convinces that the fear can be worse than the disease." Publishers Weekly , STARRED review 3/30 "An engrossing, revealing account of the relationship between progress and plague." BBC's Focus Magazine "The horrifying notion of epidemic disease is so ingrained that you will be halfway through this intriguing book before you realize just how hysterical we all are." Spiked "(This) spookily timely book, published just as the swine flu panic kicked in, does a brilliant job of exposing the social factors behind our dread of disease and encouraging healthy scepticism towards claims of 'epidemics'… Dread is an invaluable dare I say, infectious read.", Helen Epstein, author of Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa "In this richly detailed and fascinating book, Alcabes explores the meaning of epidemics throughout history, and what our fears of them tell us about ourselves. Like Susan Sontag, he reminds us just how hard it is to see these diseases for what they are." Barry Glassner, author of The Gospel of Food and The Culture of Fear "Exceptionally insightful and persuasively argued, Dread is at once a chronicle of the uses and (more often) abuses of the term epidemic and an antidote to the modern tendency to transmute fears of strangers and societal and personal failings into diseases." Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present " Dread is an insightful education in how art and science inform each other in a cultural synergy that, even today, keeps us from discerning what is medicine and what is myth. The word "genius" has been debased by frequent use, but this is a work of undeniable genius in the most exalted sense. What Stephen Jay Gould did for natural history, Philip Alcabes has done for public health." SEED Magazine , April book pick "With its analysis of historical and modern epidemics, both real and imagined, Dread convinces that the fear can be worse than the disease." Publishers Weekly , STARRED review 3/30 "An engrossing, revealing account of the relationship between progress and plague." BBC's Focus Magazine "The horrifying notion of epidemic disease is so ingrained that you will be halfway through this intriguing book before you realize just how hysterical we all are." Spiked "(This) spookily timely book, published just as the swine flu panic kicked in, does a brilliant job of exposing the social factors behind our dread of disease and encouraging healthy scepticism towards claims of 'epidemics'... Dread is an invaluable - dare I say, infectious - read.", Helen Epstein, author ofInvisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa "In this richly detailed and fascinating book, Alcabes explores the meaning of epidemics throughout history, and what our fears of them tell us about ourselves. Like Susan Sontag, he reminds us just how hard it is to see these diseases for what they are."Barry Glassner, author ofThe Gospel of FoodandThe Culture of Fear "Exceptionally insightful and persuasively argued,Dreadis at once a chronicle of the uses and (more often) abuses of the term epidemic and an antidote to the modern tendency to transmute fears of strangers and societal and personal failings into diseases."Harriet Washington, author ofMedical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present "Dreadis an insightful education in how art and science inform each other in a cultural synergy that, even today, keeps us from discerning what is medicine and what is myth. The word "genius" has been debased by frequent use, but this is a work of undeniable genius in the most exalted sense. What Stephen Jay Gould did for natural history, Philip Alcabes has done for public health.", Helen Epstein, author of Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa "In this richly detailed and fascinating book, Alcabes explores the meaning of epidemics throughout history, and what our fears of them tell us about ourselves. Like Susan Sontag, he reminds us just how hard it is to see these diseases for what they are." Barry Glassner, author of The Gospel of Food and The Culture of Fear "Exceptionally insightful and persuasively argued, Dread is at once a chronicle of the uses and (more often) abuses of the term epidemic and an antidote to the modern tendency to transmute fears of strangers and societal and personal failings into diseases." Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present " Dread is an insightful education in how art and science inform each other in a cultural synergy that, even today, keeps us from discerning what is medicine and what is myth. The word "genius" has been debased by frequent use, but this is a work of undeniable genius in the most exalted sense. What Stephen Jay Gould did for natural history, Philip Alcabes has done for public health." SEED Magazine , April book pick "With its analysis of historical and modern epidemics, both real and imagined, Dread convinces that the fear can be worse than the disease." Publishers Weekly , STARRED review 3/30 "An engrossing, revealing account of the relationship between progress and plague." BBC's Focus Magazine "The horrifying notion of epidemic disease is so ingrained that you will be halfway through this intriguing book before you realize just how hysterical we all are." Spiked "(This) spookily timely book, published just as the swine flu panic kicked in, does a brilliant job of exposing the social factors behind our dread of disease and encouraging healthy scepticism towards claims of 'epidemics'& Dread is an invaluable dare I say, infectious read."
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
614.4
Synopsis
Why we invent epidemic threats, create false terrors, and let irrational anxiety take over our lives, The average individual is far more likely to die in a car accident than from a communicable disease...yet we are still much more fearful of the epidemic. Even at our most level-headed, the thought of an epidemic can inspire terror. As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread , our anxieties about epidemics are created not so much by the germ or microbe in question--or the actual risks of contagion--but by the unknown, the undesirable, and the misunderstood. Alcabes examines epidemics through history to show how they reflect the particular social and cultural anxieties of their times. From Typhoid Mary to bioterrorism, as new outbreaks are unleashed or imagined, new fears surface, new enemies are born, and new behaviors emerge. Dread dissects the fascinating story of the imagined epidemic: the one that we think is happening, or might happen; the one that disguises moral judgments and political agendas, the one that ultimately expresses our deepest fears.
LC Classification Number
RA649.A43 2009
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