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PiotrŻuk,PawełŻuk
Introduction.Managementoffear
andsecurityindustry–authority
andsocialcontrolinmasssocieties
100yearssincetheoutbreakoftheFirstWorldWarand70years
worldbutstillpeoplearekilledinarmedconflicts,spendingon
aftertheendoftheSecondWorldWarthesocialandpolitical
orderhaschangedradicallybothinEuropeandalloverthe
armamentsreachesrecord-highlevelsandnewmilitaryconflicts
emerge.Thesedevelopmentsareaccompaniedwithdailymedia
newsaboutperilslurkingaroundandthenecessityofextraspend-
ingaswellaspoliticaleffortstoincreasethenationalsecurity.
AccordingtothethesisformulatedbyUrlichBeckwhostated
thatasenseofuncertainty,lackofsecurityandsensationofliving
inchaosarepermanentelementsofthesocietyofriskthesefeelings
cannotbeneutralisedwithoutstructuralchangeswithinthissocie-
ty.Theelitesofshakenpoliticalsystemsdevoidofcivilsupervision,
however,donotintendtoreducetheexistinglevelofuncertainty
andrisk.“Riskandsocialinequality,andevenriskandcontrol,risk
andauthorityaretwosidesofonecoin,”saysBeck.
1Inthisregard
uncertaintyandefficientfearmanagementcanbeausefultoolin
termsofsocialcontrolandimposingauthority.
Thisisaparticularlyeffectivemannertostronglycontroland
manipulatepeoplewhoarepassive,withdrawnfrompubliclife,
presentalowlevelofcivicactivities,permanentlydeprivedofopen
andbroadpublicdebates.CharlesWrightMillsstatesthatthisfear-
basedmanagementprovidestheauthoritybodieswithcomfort,
especiallyin“masssocieties”,inwhichtheprocessingofopinions
intoactionsiscontrolledbyofficialinstitutionsandcorporatemass
media.Inthemodel“masssociety”authorityrepresentativespene-
tratevarioustypesofsocialgroupslimitingtheirindependenceand
influencingdominantsocially-recognisedopinions.Millswrotethat
1UlrichBeck,Społeczeństwoświatowegoryzyka.Wposzukiwaniuutraconegobezpieczeństwa,
1
transl.byBogdanBaran,Scholar,Warszawa2012,p.204.
