Landscapes of Fear

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To be human is to experience fear, but what is it exactly that makes us fearful Landscapes of Fear is renowned geographer Yi-Fu Tuan's influential exploration of the spaces of fear and of how these landscapes shift during our lives and vary throughout history. In this groundbreaking worknow with a new preface by the authorYi-Fu Tuan reaches back into our prehistory to discover what is universal and what is particular in our inheritance of fear.

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"An elegant encyclopedic treatise on anxiety and its various manifestations, down through the ages. Tuan is an interdisciplinary virtuoso, ranging effortlessly over history, psychology, and anthropology. An arresting and beautifully documented study." Kirkus

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Yi-Fu Tuan is the J. K. Wright and Vilas Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.