Fear and the Covid-19 Pandemic

This book explores the forms of fear that are becoming more visible in liberal democracies and how they now tend to condition our existences in a way that is detrimental to our personal freedom.

Autorentext

Jean- François Caron is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University where he teaches Political Theory. He is also Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science and Administration at the University of Opole.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Fear and the Meaning of Life 2. The Passage from a Lockean to a Hobbesian World ****3. State of Emergency or a New Governance Paradigm 4. Recapturing Freedom