CFP: THE MORAL PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

THE MORAL PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR

Edited volume in the Moral Psychology of the Emotions series (Rowman and Littlefield, series editor Mark Alfano)

Volume editor: Ami Harbin

Abstracts of 250 words are invited by December 1, 2022.

Papers might address philosophical dimensions of fear as they connect to some of the following themes:

·       Environmental collapse

·       Natural disaster

·       Public health crises

·       Heteronormativity and gender binarism

·       Fear and anxiety

·       Mental illness

·       Mad studies

·       Moral failure

·       Psychoanalytic approaches

·       Caregiving

·       Disability

·       Prisons, policing, and abolition

·       Virtual reality and gaming

·       Artificial intelligence

·       Social movements

·       Pandemics

·       Risk perception

·       ‘Culture of fear’ literature

·       Political conflict

·       Civil war

·       War and terrorism

·       Trauma

·       Fear, fascism, authoritarian politics

·       Migration and refugee status

·       Defense of self and other

·       Race, racism and racial identity formation

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Submissions of 250-word abstracts with titles should be submitted by December 1, 2022. Accepted chapters will be a final length of 8000 words. 

Send submissions and inquiries directly to:

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