Fear as a social phenomenon

The article discusses the specificity of social fear in its difference from biological fear, and also its psychological aspects. The article gives a brief description of fear and anxiety ideas development in the history of philosophical thought, summarizes the key points of the psychological approach, shows its difference from the socio-philosophical and sociological analysis of the fear essence as a social phenomenon. The analysis is based on the philosophical and sociological tradition of studying the concepts of "social", "social sphere". The ideas of Z. Freud, E. Durkheim, J. G. Mead, T. Parsons are used as the theoretical and methodological basis of the research. Social fear is considered as a phenomenon arising in response to the deformation of society as a sphere of reproduction of conditions, means of satisfying needs and realizing interests, lifestyle and means of social subjects life. Based on the analysis of the concepts of "social", "social sphere", "social fact", the definition of "social fear"concept is given.