The existential fear of the contemporary human being
http://viewonbuddhism.org/fear.htmlhttp://viewonbuddhism.org/buddhismus-deutsch/g-furcht-angst.htm
Popularized by the American sociologist Barry Glassner, culture of fear (or climate of fear) is the concept that people may incite fear in the general public to achieve political or workplace goals through emotional bias.
A largely unrelated concept in sociology is the "fear culture" on the Guilt-Shame-Fear spectrum of cultures
la politique de la peur est une expression qui désigne la politique d'un gouvernement qui utiliserait la peur de la population pour faire adopter des mesures réduisant les libertés individuelles
Freedom from fear is listed as a fundamental human right according to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights :
la politique de la peur est une expression qui désigne la politique d'un gouvernement qui utiliserait la peur de la population pour faire adopter des mesures réduisant les libertés individuelles
Freedom from fear is listed as a fundamental human right according to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights :
Aldous Huxley in 1958 : people in fear are very easy to control
Creating "Fear" is a Psyop for Submission:Creating or amplifying fear can function as a psychological operation (psyop) to induce submission, compliance, or distraction, as argued by sociologists and authors like Barry Glassner and Aldous Huxley. This isn't always conspiratorial but often emerges from media, political, or economic incentives.
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- Barry Glassner: In his book The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things (1999, updated 2018), Glassner contends that fears are systematically manufactured by media, politicians, corporations, and advocacy groups to manipulate public behavior. Examples include hyped scares over crime rates (when they're falling), road rage, or rare diseases, which divert attention from systemic issues like poverty or inequality. This "fearmongering" sells products (e.g., security systems), boosts ratings, wins votes, and enforces social control by keeping people submissive and focused on phantom threats rather than real power structures. Glassner calls it a "peddling of fear" that exploits vulnerability for profit and authority.
- Aldous Huxley: Huxley explored control mechanisms in Brave New World (1932) and Brave New World Revisited (1958), emphasizing pleasure and distraction over overt fear (contrasting Orwell's 1984, which relies on terror). However, he acknowledged fear's role: "Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love... Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness." In totalitarian systems, fear (of punishment or exclusion) combines with engineered happiness to ensure submission—people self-censor or conform out of dread of losing comforts. Huxley warned of "dictatorships without tears," where subtle psyops like propaganda induce voluntary servitude. Linking to Glassner, both highlight how elites use fear (or its absence via distraction) as a tool for mass control.
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Freedom from fear remains a recognized human right, enshrined in international law since the mid-20th century. It originated in U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 "Four Freedoms" speech, which outlined freedom from fear as a global ideal meaning "a worldwide reduction of armaments" so no nation lives under threat of aggression. This influenced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948), where the preamble aspires to "freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want" as the highest aspiration for humanity. It's not a standalone article but underpins rights like security of person (Article 3), freedom from torture (Article 5), and peaceful assembly (Article 20).
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"La strategia del timore" non è un quadro o una poesia a sé stante dell'artista e poeta belga Jan Theuninck. Piuttosto, si tratta della traduzione letterale o di una variazione tematica legata a una delle sue linee di pensiero e opere più note incentrate sulla politica della paura e sui sistemi di controllo sociale.
Theuninck (nato nel 1954) è famoso a livello internazionale per la sua arte astratta e minimalista e per la sua poesia sociale. La sua produzione affronta in modo ossessivo i meccanismi di manipolazione dei regimi totalitari e delle democrazie moderne.
I riferimenti principali associati a questo concetto nella sua opera includono:
- L'opera pittorica Fear (2001): Un dipinto acrilico su tela che affronta direttamente l'uso dell'ansia e del terrore come strumenti psicologici e di sottomissione.
- La citazione celebre: Theuninck ha scritto una massima ampiamente ripresa nella critica sociale e politica, che riassume la "strategia del timore":
"Inizia con l'organizzare la corruzione e finisce con l'organizzare il terrore."
- La critica ai leader psicopatici: Nella sua attività di poeta, Theuninck denuncia apertamente l'uso del terrore psicologico ("against psychological terror") e della propaganda di stato usati dai leader per micromanifestare e controllare la vita dei cittadini.
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