On the Effectiveness of Fear Management and its Outsourcing. Notes on the Margins of Bruno Kamiński’s Book Cover Image

O skuteczności zarządzania strachem i jego outsourcingu. Uwagi na marginesie książki Brunona Kamińskiego
On the Effectiveness of Fear Management and its Outsourcing. Notes on the Margins of Bruno Kamiński’s Book

Author(s): Eryk Krasucki
Subject(s): Review, Political history, Politics and communication, Social psychology and group interaction, Behaviorism, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: propaganda; history of emotions; fear; People’s Poland; Stalinism;

Summary/Abstract: Bruno Kamiński’s book analyses the efforts made by propaganda in post-war Poland (until 1956) to fuel, control, and channel fear. At the same time, it is a book on the history of emotions, showing how a specific feeling appeared and was shaped in a specific socio-political context. The small number of studies addressing this topic concerning Polish history makes the study worth discussing in detail and reflecting on the general state of research in the sub-discipline.

  • Issue Year: 53/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 147-161
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish