恐惧的文化
The Culture of Fear
Barry Glassner · 初版 1999 年
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在这项针对席卷全美的病态心理所做的令人大开眼界的审视中，社会学家 Barry Glassner 揭示了为何美国人总背负着被过度放大的恐惧。他揭露了那些操纵公众认知并从中牟取暴利的人与机构：政客们即便在犯罪率和吸毒率双双下降时，仍借由煽动对犯罪和毒品的担忧来赢得选举；倡导组织通过夸大某些疾病的流行程度来募捐；电视新闻杂志每周制造新的恐慌噱头以争夺收视率。Barry Glassner 的书诊断了我们这个时代的一种主要病态，并
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高中时我超爱一本主题类似的书，只不过它更侧重于社会层面，就是 Barry Glassner 写的《恐惧文化》（The Culture of Fear）。同样强烈推荐。http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/d...
A book that I loved in HS on a similar topic, just more focused on the social aspect of it is "The Culture of Fear" by Barry Glassner. Recommended also. http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/d...
……早就存在而且被描述得清清楚楚了。只是警告一直被置若罔闻，问题如今已经演变成了极端。与其天天刷新闻（或者逛新闻网站），不如去读读这几本神作：- Barry Glassner 的《恐惧文化》- 尼尔·波兹曼的《娱乐至死》（Amusing Ourselves to Death）与其被琐碎的新闻八卦分心，不如从这些经受住时间考验的书里学点真东西。
…long time and clearly described. It is just that the warnings went unheeded and the problem has become extreme. Rather than watch the news (or go to a news website) read these excellent books: - The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner - Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman Rather than get distracted by news trivia, learn something from these books that have stood the test of time.
多年前（9/11 之前）我读过一本讲这个的好书，叫 Barry Glassner 写的《恐惧文化》。它深入剖析了人们所恐惧的各种事物，以及媒体的报道方式与你现实中真正可能遭遇的死因之间有多大差距。绝对让我深思了……
There is a good book I read about this years ago (pre-9/11) called The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner. It went in depth into the different things that people are afraid of and how they are covered in the media vs what you are actually likely to die from. Definitely made me think a…
虽然出版了几十年，但放到今天依然针针见血，《恐惧文化》：https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/... 另外，依我的经验，人上了年纪就是会变得更容易疑神疑鬼。我亲眼看着身边的长辈变成这样，而他们原本在其他方面都还挺精明敏锐的。……
Decades old and still completely relevant, "Culture of Fear": https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/... Also, in my experience older people just get more paranoid. I have seen it happen with family members who are otherwise pretty sharp.…
我前阵子读了本书，它放到今天来看反而更有现实意义。《恐惧文化》——Barry Glassner 著 https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities-Mic...
I read a book a while back, and it is even more relavaent today. The Culture of Fear - Barry Glassner https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities-Mic...
作为那本（极棒的）书的后续延伸，推荐 Barry Glassner 的《恐惧文化》。《人性中的善良天使》（The Better Angels of Our Nature）讲的是暴力一直在下降；而《恐惧文化》则讲述了自90年代以来，虽然这种下降速度在加快，但人们的主观感受其实……
as a followup to that (excellent) book, here's Barry Glassner - A Culture of Fear. The Better Angels of Our Nature talks about how violence has always been declining. A Culture of Fear talks about how the rate of that decline has been increasing since the 90s but people actually perceive…