The Fear Knot

How Science, History, and Culture Shape Our Fears – and How to Get Unstuck

By Natashia SwalveRuth DeFoster,

Publisher: Globe Pequot

Imprint: Prometheus

In this lively and timely tour, neuroscientist Ruth DeFoster and mass communication professor Natashia Swalve lead readers through the history and psychology behind widespread cultural fears of innocuous things, beginning with the most personal fears within our own bodies and moving outward to the home, our country, and finally to culture at its largest level.

$29.95