Decades ago, the idea of collective fear had a tangible face: the atom bomb. Today our shared anxiety has become far more complex and insidious, arising from tyranny, terrorism, and the invisible power of the "quasi state." As Wole Soyinka suggests, the climate of fear that has enveloped the world was sparked long before September 11, 2001.
Rather, it can be traced to 1989, when a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the Republic of Niger. From Niger to lower Manhattan to Madrid, this invisible threat has erased distinctions between citizens and soldiers; we're all potential targets now.
- ISBN13 9780244215392
- Publish Date 3 September 2019 (first published 25 January 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English