Many agree that the more we feel that we can handle a given situation, the less afraid we are. But why? Is the situation no longer dangerous or is fear a response to more than danger? Here I analyze situations in which one reacts in cold blood to danger and argue that the formal object of fear is not the dangerous, but the unsafe. The unsafe indicates not only how the world is, but also how it can be handled. Safety, and its negative counterpart, are characterized by their duality, both evaluative (is the snake dangerous?) and agentive (is it under control?).

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超越危险的恐惧

许多人都认为，我们越觉得自己能够处理特定的情况，我们就越不害怕。但为什么？情况是否不再危险，或者恐惧只是对危险以外的事情的反应？在这里，我分析了人们对危险做出冷血反应的情况，并认为恐惧的正式对象不是危险，而是不安全。不安全不仅表明世界是怎样的，而且表明如何处理它。安全性及其消极对应物具有双重性，既是评估性的（蛇危险吗？）又是行动性的（它是否受到控制？）。