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oapen-20.500.12657-860722023-12-13T02:30:38Z The Cultural Construction of Safety and Security Blok, Gemma Oosterholt, Jan Safety, cultures of security, cultural studies, study of emotions bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general This volume analyses cultural perceptions of safety and security that have shaped modern European societies. The articles present a wide range of topics, from feelings of unsafety generated by early modern fake news to safety issues related to twentieth-century drug use in public space. The volume demonstrates how ‘safety’ is not just a social or biological condition to pursue but also a historical and cultural construct. In philosophical terms, safety can be interpreted in different ways, referring to security, certainty or trust. What does feeling safe and thinking about a safe society mean to various groups of people over time? The articles in this volume are bound by their joint effort to take a constructionist approach to emotional expressions, artistic representations, literary narratives and political discourses of (un)safety and their impact on modern European society. 2023-12-12T13:20:15Z 2023-12-12T13:20:15Z 2024 book 9789463720472 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86072 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789048555208.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463720472 10.5117/9789463720472 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789463720472 279 Amsterdam open access
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This volume analyses cultural perceptions of safety and security that have shaped modern European societies. The articles present a wide range of topics, from feelings of unsafety generated by early modern fake news to safety issues related to twentieth-century drug use in public space. The volume demonstrates how ‘safety’ is not just a social or biological condition to pursue but also a historical and cultural construct. In philosophical terms, safety can be interpreted in different ways, referring to security, certainty or trust. What does feeling safe and thinking about a safe society mean to various groups of people over time? The articles in this volume are bound by their joint effort to take a constructionist approach to emotional expressions, artistic representations, literary narratives and political discourses of (un)safety and their impact on modern European society.
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