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Where is the Novelty in our Current `Age of Anxiety'?

Iain Wilkinson

UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY

This article critically investigates the presumption that we are living in a qualitatively new `age of anxiety'. It suggests that most sociologists who address this topic have so far failed to recognize the analytical complexity of the condition of anxiety itself. By examining the possibility of establishing sociological indicators of the prevalence and character of anxiety in contemporary societies, the author argues that the `sociological imagination' has yet to provide a sufficient account of the interrelationship between representations of social problems in the public sphere and the variety of anxieties which individuals may encounter in their `personal troubles of milieu'.

Key Words: anxiety • culture • media • risk • stress

European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4, 445-467 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/13684319922224608
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