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Excesses: they are part of the spirit of our time. And it is precisely about excesses that the authors of this book address. They discuss, in particular, excesses in the field of public health and in academia, drawing attention to "the ideological dimension that seems to surround many supposedly rational catastrophist approaches." In other words: scientific studies are multiplying, pointing to a multitude of risks to health and life associated with individual behaviors - thus, science supports the 'risk society,' where people, according to the latest research, must shape their behavior to ward off any and all threats. However, this generalized prevention - or hyper-prevention - is unattainable. "Something that stimulates high levels of anxiety that irrevocably mark our time," they emphasize.