Preface: a silent companion in a liquid world -- Acknowledgements -- Phobos, a God repressed -- Fear of the machine -- Human adaption to the machine -- Natural and moral disasters -- Danger as an everyday experience -- Social security and individual insecurity -- Fear of invasion -- Fear of exclusion -- Waste in our future -- The frailty of personal relationships -- Forms of reassurance -- Globalization and "overclass" -- The panopticon inside the net -- The anxiety-inducing state and the management of insecurity -- Unde malum: a temporary conclusion -- References -- Index.
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