I can give you a lot of specifics, but I need to know what you're looking for before I can give you any concrete reading recommendations.
For example, right now I am reading two books: The Perception of Risk (http://www.amazon.com/Perception-Risk-Earthscan-Society/dp/1853835285/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202484786&sr=8-1), a collection of psychology papers by Paul Slovic; also Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought (http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Explained-Evolutionary-Origins-Religious/dp/0465006965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202484870&sr=1-1). The latter book isn't directly about fear, but it has a lot of relevent aspects. I just finished this essay: "Why War?" (http://realhumannature.com/?page_id=26).
Barry Glassner's (he's a sociologist at USC) book, The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Afraid of the Wrong Things (http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/dp/0465014909/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202488296&sr=8-1) is both a good book and an easy read.
A friend, Danny De Vries, is just about to publish an anthropology/historical ecology dissertation that may intersect with your reading. Its about residents of flood plains, floodways, mitigation agencies and perceptions of risk. I wish I could link to a commercial site, abstract or pdf, but unfortunately it hasn't been published yet. In the meantime, here's a link to his blog on same: http://temporalvulnerability.wordpress.com/
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Re: Fear
Date: 2008-02-08 03:07 pm (UTC)Re: Fear
Date: 2008-02-08 03:37 pm (UTC)For example, right now I am reading two books: The Perception of Risk (http://www.amazon.com/Perception-Risk-Earthscan-Society/dp/1853835285/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202484786&sr=8-1), a collection of psychology papers by Paul Slovic; also Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought (http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Explained-Evolutionary-Origins-Religious/dp/0465006965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202484870&sr=1-1). The latter book isn't directly about fear, but it has a lot of relevent aspects. I just finished this essay: "Why War?" (http://realhumannature.com/?page_id=26).
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Re: Fear
Date: 2008-02-08 04:33 pm (UTC)B
Re: Fear
Date: 2008-02-08 06:00 pm (UTC)http://temporalvulnerability.wordpress.com/
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