Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia

by George Makari

Book Overview

By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the idea's origins. To his astonishment, he discovered an unfolding series of never-told stories. While a fear and hatred of strangers may be ancient, he found that the notion of a dangerous bias called "xenophobia" arose not so long ago.

Coined by late-nineteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393652009
• ISBN13: 9780393652000
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.6"