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Dictators, populists and online trolls can be blamed for the turmoil our world is in - but that's not the whole story, experts say.

‘Be a Birder’ is a monophonic text; this isn’t about nature as a metaphor for human existence, it is simply about birds

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Anxiety is an obvious response to world events. But what if fear is actually a motivational emotion driving change? Here, author Robert Peckham reveals why the history of fear is the history of hope

These are fearful times. Any of us with a pulse should be worried about the current upheaval in Gaza — not just for the atrocities it has provoked, but also

Robert Peckham reveals how fear has been a force for both good and ill, from the Black Death and colonisation to the abolition movement and 19th-century concerns about technology

The latest news, opinion and analysis for Prospect by Robert Peckham

A new history argues that power depends on frightening people | Culture

The internet is stoking our anxieties, this jittery history says, but is that true?

This misguided ‘alternative history’ argues that fear has always been used as a tool for social control