OF FEAR AND STRANGERS

A startling work of historical sleuthing and synthesis, Of Fear and Strangers reveals the forgotten histories of xenophobia?and what they mean for us today.By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking f or clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the ideas origins. To his astonishment, he discovered a n unfolding series of never-told stories. While a fear and hatred of strangers may be ancient, he found that the notion of a dangero us bias c...[Read more]