The Social Psychology of Fear
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2201857 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kurt Riezler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1944 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 489-498 |
| Publication date | 1944-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219471 |
| OpenAlex | W1971632640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
"Collective insecurity," the nightmare of modern industrial society, is a psychological phenomenon of some complexity. It is not merely the economic insecurity caused by mass unemployment. In an article in Social Research (September, 1943) on the psychology of the modern revolution I characterized the kind of fear which in times of crisis befalls the ordinary citizen as "fear of the unknown." An analysis of this phenomenon presupposes an inquiry into the interrelation between "fear" and "knowledge," both individual and social
Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Nightmare · Phenomenon · Positive economics · Psychotherapist · Social phenomenon · Social science · Sociology · Unemployment · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
A construção do pensamento social de professoras e coordenadoras pedagógicas sobre a pandemia da covid-19
Shame in the Clash of Two “Normals”
A not so 'brave new world
Um nada 'admirável mundo novo
Psychological Reactions of Hospitalized Male Patients to a Heart Attack
The Mediating Effects of Fear of Covid-19 and Depression on the Association Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Emotional Eating During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey
Dynamiques sociales et formes de la peur
From Uprooting to Exclusion
The Language Diamond
Kudüs, Korku ve Fobi
From the concept of threat to the common sense of societal threat
Implied threat or part of the scenery
From anxiety to fear
Solipsism
Understanding anxiety through uncertainty quantification
Abordagem psicossociológica sobre ameaças e seus usos sociais
Moral Panic and Reading
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 2024 (59) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |