Summary
Kenneth Thompson: Moral Panic
The sociological concept of moral panic is different from what we would think at first. The book before us offers a relevant interpretation of this term starting from the historiography and theoretical controversies within which it was built in British and American science. The author investigates the development of studies of moral panics and emphasizes the broader significance of this field, because he does not view moral panics as isolated and transient episodes, but as symptoms of broader social and cultural tensions.
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