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Fear: A Dark Shadow Across Our Life Span

Editor : Salman Akhtar

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Priti Shukla on 11/02/2014 10:53:12

(5 out of 5)

Fear is a basic human emotion. We deal with variety of fears all through our lives and a lot of our behavior and choices in career, relationships and life in general are subconsciously driven by this primal feeling. Prof Salman Akhtar has put together a wonderful book on this subject which is a treat for any student of psychology .

First chapter is introductory and provides insights into basic types of fear, levels of fear and also the neurotic fears like anxiety and phobias. Origin of these fears has been discussed along with clinical and social examples.

The subsequent six chapters are contributed by eminent psychologists and each one is dedicated to one particular fear namely- Fear of breakdown, of intimacy, of loneliness, of success, of injury and lastly the fear of death. Each of these authors have traced the developmental origins of these fears, have reviewed the literature and have added their unique perspective with discussion of clinical cases.