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Fear and institutions

Wrenn, Mary

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Authors

Mary Wrenn Mary.Wrenn@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Economics



Abstract

Fear allowed early humans to adapt, evolve, and survive. When humans moved into settled communities, with more advanced means of production, the nature of fear-much like the nature of social relationships-changed. Once the means of social reproduction were secured, fear became less necessary as a survival instinct, and more useful as a heuristic device. Fear cannot be characterized as an essentially socially constructed phenomenon, or as the self-contained, individualized response to internalized traumas. The growth and nature of fear must be studied as a process that develops under its own inertia and as a phenomenon that is both shaped by and shapes its institutional setting. Fear should be understood as both structurally determined and socially transformative. This research examines fear, specifically, as it relates to neoliberalism and institutions. © 2013, Journal of Economic Issues/Association for Evolutionary Economics.

Citation

Wrenn, M. (2013). Fear and institutions. Journal of Economic Issues, 47(2), 383-390. https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624470211

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2013
Online Publication Date Dec 23, 2014
Publication Date Jun 1, 2013
Deposit Date Mar 21, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Economic Issues
Print ISSN 0021-3624
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 47
Issue 2
Pages 383-390
DOI https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624470211
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/940875
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624470211
Additional Information Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Economic Issues on 23rd December 2014, available online: https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624470211.

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