The politics of fear is in full effect: Freud, Jung, and fear as a political tool

TY - GEN

T1 - The politics of fear is in full effect

T2 - Freud, Jung, and fear as a political tool

AU - Gellwitzki, Nicolai

AU - Price, Charlie W.

PY - 2025/4/15

Y1 - 2025/4/15

N2 - It seems like our politics is designed to make us fearful at every turn. In an age of polycrisis with threats around every corner, some politicians are more than willing to direct this state of fear to their advantage. But far from being just an emotion, fear should be thought of as a liquid, which is channelled and dammed by politicians to invent fears where previously there weren't any and dam them before they threaten the powerful. Nicolai Gellwitzki and Charlie Price argue that fear is so dominant because we lack a clear positive political vision, to move forward we must utilise and transform our fear in the pursuit of a better future.

AB - It seems like our politics is designed to make us fearful at every turn. In an age of polycrisis with threats around every corner, some politicians are more than willing to direct this state of fear to their advantage. But far from being just an emotion, fear should be thought of as a liquid, which is channelled and dammed by politicians to invent fears where previously there weren't any and dam them before they threaten the powerful. Nicolai Gellwitzki and Charlie Price argue that fear is so dominant because we lack a clear positive political vision, to move forward we must utilise and transform our fear in the pursuit of a better future.

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