Download or read book Social Economies of Fear and Desire written by V. Nicol and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise of autonomy.