WHO’S AFRAID OF BUTTERFLIES?

New Releases: WHO’S AFRAID OF BUTTERFLIES? by Dr Stephen Juan

Title: WHO’S AFRAID OF BUTTERFLIES?
Author: Dr Stephen Juan
ISBN: 9780730499329
Released: June 2011
Do you know someone who freaks out at the sight of a puppet (Pupaphobia)? Can’t handle being bathed in moonlight (Lunaphobia)? Or is petrified of twins (Biniphobia)? For everything that exists, there is someone, somewhere, who is deathly afraid of it.
We live in the age of fear. Our fears drive us. We continually look with fear and suspicion towards everything in an increasingly complicated and difficult to understand world. In a world where we feel increasingly out of control- of our society, our community, and even our own lives- our fears seem to control us.
WHO’S AFRAID OF BUTTERFLIES? explains all about fears and the extreme and irrational fears called phobias. Where they come from? We do they persist? Why are they so powerful? How can we get rid of them? How does a fear become a phobia? Why can almost anything become an object of great fear to someone, somewhere? What are the most common phobias? Why?
For those interested in history or current gossip about the famous, what are some of the phobias of the famous? Who is the most phobic famous person? The answer may surprise you.
Dr Stephen Juan is an anthropologist and educator who is best known for his award-winning newspaper and magazine articles and for his TV and radio presentations. Dr Juan grew up in California and for more than 30 years has taught at the University of Sydney where he is the Ashley Montagu Fellow in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. This is the seventh book he has written published by HarperCollins Australia.