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Of Fear and Strangers A History of Xenophobia

Paperback • 2023 • English

Of Fear and Strangers A History of Xenophobia

By George Makari

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About the book

By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the idea's origins. To his astonishment, he discovered an unfolding series of never-told stories. While a fear and hatred of strangers may be ancient, he found that the notion of a dangerous bias called "xenophobia" arose not so long ago. Coined by late-nineteenth-century doctors and political commentators and popu...Show more

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ISBN

9780300270389

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2023

Language

English

Original title

Of Fear and Strangers A History of Xenophobia

Format

Paperback

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