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Wege aus der Angst: Über die Kunst, die Unvorhersehbarkeit des Lebens anzunehmen

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People have a plastic brain that is capable of learning throughout their lives and must first find out what is important in life. That is why we are and will remain seekers. But we can all too easily get lost in the search for a happy and meaningful life, as individuals as well as as a whole society. As soon as we begin to feel that we have gone astray, we become afraid. And that's good. Fear is our most vigilant companion. It enables us to learn from mistakes. We cannot live without fear. With his many years of experience in the field of fear research, the neurobiologist Gerald Hüther explores the question of how this function of fear, which protects our lives, can be reconciled with our longing for a life free of fear. His surprising people can also learn to ignore legitimate fears. You can even experience that a fear that can be felt deep within you can be overlaid by another, superficially triggered and more controllable fear. In order to achieve certain goals, we humans are able to both suppress and intensify fear - not only in ourselves, but much more powerfully in others. The stirring up or appeasing of fear can therefore be used specifically to enforce one's own interests and intentions. This instrumentalization of fear makes people dependent and manipulable, robs them of their freedom. Accordingly, Gerald Hüther does not describe how we can free ourselves from fear, but what we can do in order not to become driven by the fears fueled by other or interest groups.

128 pages, Paperback

Published September 7, 2020

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Gerald Hüther

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Gerald Hüther is a German neurobiologist and author of popular books and other writings on the subject of learning and education.

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February 17, 2021
Vieles wußte ich bereits von Gerald Hüther's Forschung. Damals habe ich sein Buch über Würde rezensiert, das mir ebenso gut gefallen hat.

Genauso wie sein früheres Buch über Würde des Menschen, so ist dieses ebenso anschaulich dargestellt. Hüther versteht es, das Thema Angst in allen seinen Schattierungen so zu erläutern, dass man lernt, die Angst besser zu begreifen. 

Da mich Psychologie schon immer sehr interessiert hat, ist es ein wertvolles Buch für mich.
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November 5, 2021
Auch in diesem Buch erklärt Herr Hüther die Zusammenhänge wieder wunderbar aufbereitet, leicht verständlich und hält seinen Leserinnen und Lesern ganz liebevoll den Spiegel vor. Gleichzeitig gibt er hilfreiche Hinweise, mit den daraus resultierenden Erkenntnissen umzugehen. Danke, Herr Hüther.
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August 16, 2024
War ganz interessant, aber irgendwie nicht so hilfreich wie erwartet. Ich werde das Buch irgendwann nochmal lesen
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