Globalization of American Fear Culture traces the parallel development of three historical institutions: the generation of fear for controlling people, the US empire, and global capitalism. Through historical accounts and dialectical analysis the book offers the argument that a fear culture, US hegemony, and the globalization of capital are intertwined and interdependent. In the twenty-first century these three strands of history are leading to world systemic destabilization, and they are leading to a future political economy that is fascistic. Nonetheless, the book ends with a glimmer of hope that within current conditions of chaos a new world might be built based on real democracy and freedom.

Autorentext

Geoffrey R. Skoll is Associate Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at Buffalo State College, USA.

Zusammenfassung

Fear and terror have come to drive world politics, and the people who do the driving have shaped and used them to carry out their policies. As the world's political economy devolves into chaos, Globalization of American Fear Culture posits that violence and fear have become the new statecraft.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Globalization of American Fear Culture: The Empire in the Twenty-First Century
2. Construction of Fear Culture in the United States from Red Scares to Terrorism
3. American Imperialism and the Fear Culture: Four Wars
4. 1968
5. Taking Over the Imperial Mantle
6. Spreading the Fear: The Global Empire
7. Terror, Terrorism, and 9/11: The Globalized Culture of Fear
8. Things to Fear: Real Threats to People and the World
9. Current Chaos: The Collapsing World System of Capitalism
10. Stopping the Fear: Resistance against the Fear Culture or What Everyone Needs to Know