Climate of FearBy: Wole Soyinka In this new book developed from the prestigious Reith Lectures, Nobel Prizewinning author Wole Soyinka, a courageous advocate for human rights around the world, considers fear as the dominant theme in world politics. Decades ago, the idea of collective fear had a tangible face: the atom bomb. Today our shared anxiety has become far more complex and insidious, arising from tyranny, terrorism, and the invisible power of the quasi state.