fear <--> phobia

recently, preparing an exhibition. thinking about fear, anxiety...under domestic context...

then, come up to my mind, a friend recommended, Frank Furedi (the author of Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?), about his insights on fear. (books include Politics of Fear, and Culture of Fear) (others: Therapy Culture, Paranoid Parenting)

"Fear has become an ever-expanding part of life in the West in the twenty-first century. We live in terror of disease, abuse, stranger danger, environmental devastation and terrorist onslaught. We are bombard with reports of new concerns for our safety and that of our children, and urged to take greater precautions and seek more protection. But compared to the past, or to the developing world, people in contemporary Western societies have much less familiarity with pain, suffering, debilitating disease and death. We actually enjoy an unprecedented level of personal safety. "

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and though fear might not be equal to phobia.
find this interesting reference. The Phobia List.
even can buy a poster with the list--- (should add one: a phobia of The Phobia List)
i should get one when i go to The States !!

i guess if i post this poster in my bed room. i feel relaxed. (when you get to know everything can be feared)