7 Contagious Anxiety: Viruses, Plagues and Scapegoating

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Endorsements V
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Contents XI
5. 1 Introduction: Anxieties in the Twenty-First Century 1
6. 2 The Phenomenology of Anxiety 35
7. 3 The Aesthetics of the Theatre of Anxiety 69
8. 4 Liquid Anxiety: Social Uncertainties and Isolation 80
9. 5 Paralysing Anxiety: Overwhelming States of Ecological Crises 138
10. 6 Controlling Anxiety: Between Security and Surveillance 189
11. 7 Contagious Anxiety: Viruses, Plagues and Scapegoating 246
12. 8 Conclusion: After Anxiety? 267
13. Works Cited 276
14. Index 295