Stranger danger and the epidemic of fear – On the psychology of recent western reactions to Others. English (The Hague: Eleven/ Boom Lemma, 123 p. with notes. ISBN 978-94-90947-90-3).
Separate essays on ‘The current Culture of fear’, ‘The Dutch preoccupation with immigration’, ‘American society, 9/11 and the War on terror’, and ‘World public opinion on the Afghanistan and Iraq interventions’. The book concludes that the notion of a ‘Clash of civilizations’ is often a ‘Self-fulfilling prophecy’.
Developed for, and co-published by, the Dutch ‘Forum’ foundation for multicultural affairs, in Utrecht.
TV panel Paul van Liempt, RTL-Z, about Paris attacks: https://www.youtube.com/