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Of fear and strangers : a history of xenophobia /

A startling work of historical sleuthing and synthesis, Of Fear and Strangers reveals the forgotten histories of xenophobia and what they mean for us today. By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Makari, George (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Xenophobia > History.
Ethnic relations > History.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
Discrimination > History.
Nationalism > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: out of Beirut
  • The origins of xenophobia. In search of Xénos ; Avant la lettre, or the black legend ; The first xenophobes ; The boxer uprising ; Colonial panic ; Commence the unraveling ; Immigrant boomerang ; The road to genocide
  • Inside the xenophobic mind. Little Albert and the wages of fear ; The invention of the stereotype ; Projection and the negative of love ; The enigma of the other ; Self estrangements
  • The return of the stranger. Why we hate them ; The new xenophobia
  • Coda: in the Pyrenees.