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The Politics of Fear: Causes and Consequences This article deals with the sense of ontological insecurity caused by increased migration because of globalization. In the situation of migration, people from different cultures are thrown into intense and immediate contact with people from the host country, which causes feelings of uneasiness, anxiety and fear on both sides. Cultural differences and social insecurity, caused by the phasing out of old industries and gradual dismantling of the instruments of labor protection, put pressure on citizens of the host county to seek protection in the safe haven of home and territoriality represented by the nation state. Perceived as the “body” in the sense of a homogenized ideal, the nation state uses a rhetoric of exclusion which has its manifestations in the re-establishment of internal EU borders, and even erecting border walls, in which case, a body politic equates to border politics. Right-wing populism, in particular, exploits people’s conscious and unconscious fears by using the war of emotions to rally supporters.