Risk

The Science and Politics of Fear

Dan Gardner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2008
Virgin Books (Verlag)
978-0-7535-1368-2 (ISBN)

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Every day, we suffer a barrage of information about the threat of terrorism, war and apocalypse.In this ground-breaking new book, Dan Gardner explains our 'risk perception' through our brains' two simultaneous responses to risk - the ancient 'fight or flight' instinct and the rational considered response.

Every day, we suffer a barrage of information about the threat of terrorism, war and apocalypse. But while we are preoccupied by our fears, the real risk of these obscure annihilating events taking place is about as likely as winning the lottery.

In this ground-breaking new book, Dan Gardner explains our 'risk perception' through our brains' two simultaneous responses to risk - the ancient 'fight or flight' instinct and the rational considered response. How do we make choices amidst the bombardment of information we experience every day? And to what extent is that information manipulated to provoke a particular reaction from the public? To discover the answers, Dan Gardner speaks to economists, politicians, psychologists and media commentators, with entertaining and often surprising results.

Dan Gardner is a prize-winning journalist and currently a senior writer at the Ottawa Citizen in Canada. He holds a law degree and a Masters in History. This is his first book.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.3.2008
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 233 mm
Gewicht	546 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	0-7535-1368-4 / 0753513684
ISBN-13	978-0-7535-1368-2 / 9780753513682
Zustand	Neuware