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The title concept of a book about this phenomenon is defined as “the almost infinite manifestations of the forces for chaos, natural and human.” A book partly titled for this phenomenon notes that Los Angeles has been destroyed 138 times in literature. The humanistic geographer (15[1])Yi-Fu Tuan wrote a book about areas dominated by this emotion. (15[1])The (-5[1])groundwork of the Copenhagen School of international relations was laid in a Barry Buzan book about People, States and this emotion, the (*) Ecology of which titles a book by Mike Davis. (10[2])Frank (10[1])Furedi (-5[1])argued that a “culture of” this emotion existed in America (10[1])prior to the 9/11 attacks. Dutton and Aron’s classic study on misattribution of arousal (10[1])centered on misinterpreting (-5[1])this emotion after (10[1])crossing a bridge. (10[1])For 10 points, name this emotion that differs from anxiety in being directed at a known, specific threat. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: fear [or Landscapes of Fear; or Ecology of Fear; or culture of fear]
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y12100%17%25%103.08