Being Feared The Micro-Dynamics of Fear and Insecurity ,Ben Ellis

-About this book

This book turns to those who are perceived to be threatening, and to those groups that the public views as potential perpetrators of crime; the feared. The research focuses on the perceptions, emotions and ensuing actions of those who are perceived as a threat to security by others in mostly, fleeting encounters. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perception of fear in interactions, how this is recognised within an encounter, how these perceptions are attributed and reacted upon and how these experiences relate to particular situations and how they are structured in ongoing life experiences. All of this is taken from the perspective of being feared.

The main aims and objectives of this research were:
1. To understand the micro-dynamics of fear from the perspective of those who are perceived by the public and in communities as objects of fear, potential offenders, as ‘fearsome’ and ‘intimidating’.
2. To explore how being feared feeds into perceptions of identity, threat and fear and how      these perceptions shape the actions of those that perceive themselves to be feared.
3. To understand how these actions and perceptions are shaped at the point of interaction.
4. To understand the role that fear plays in the production/maintenance of order within personal and/or work-based encounters.

 – Contents
1- An Introduction to Being Feared
Fear of Crime and Being Feared:​ A Brief Background
Turning the Tables on Fear of Crime:​ The Aims and Purpose of This Research
The Conceptual Approach to the Research
Methodology Within the Research
Towards an Understanding of ‘Being Feared?​’
Structure of the Book
References
2- An Object of Fear?​ Setting the Scene for Understanding Being Feared
The Dramaturgical Model
Meaning and Interaction
Dramaturgical Awareness
Defining the Parameters of Being Feared:​ Goffman’s Encounters
Focused and Unfocused Interaction
Performance and the Minutia of Interaction
Front:​ Setting, Appearance and Manner
Goffman:​ From Situation to Structure
Primary Frameworks
References
3- Pillars of Fear—Purposeful Fear
Purposeful Fear
References
4-Pillars of Fear:​ Accidental Fear
Being Feared:​ Why Me?​
References
5- Pillars of Fear:​ Alleviating Fear
Adapting to the Presence of Fear
References
6 -Pillars of Fear:​ Competent/​Dutiful Fear ,References
7- The Importance of Context:​ The Body, the Desire and the Duty
The Importance of the Body—The Presentation of Self
The Importance of Context
References
8-Conclusion:​ The Dynamics of Being Feared—The Polarity of Intentions
Where to from Here?​

-caractéristiques

Date de parution : 9 Décembre  2020

éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan

N.de pages: 165 pages

ISBN-10 : 3030615448

ISBN-13 : 978-3030615444

poids : 355 g

Dimensions : 12 ,7 x 2 x 21cm

Langage : English