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Articles by Frank Furedi
Clear and present danger in the vainglorious pursuit of freedom, justice and transparency
The Australian,
1 October 2011
Whenever a policy-maker is at a loss for an answer, the demand for more transparency trips off the tongue.
Still masters of our destiny despite the appliance of neuroscience
The Australian,
24 September 2011
In a world where crisis has become a far too overused term it is tempting to draw the conclusion that humanity has lost its capacity to influence its destiny.
‘It is time that we reclaimed liberalism’
spiked,
23 September 2011
Frank Furedi talks to Brendan O’Neill about his new book On Tolerance and why he wants to halt and reverse the warping of the liberal outlook.
Changing societal attitudes, and regulatory responses, to risk-taking in adult care
Joseph Rowntree Foundation,
22 September 2011
A scoping paper by Frank Furedi, commissioned by JRF for a potential new programme on 'Rights, responsibilities, risk and regulation'.
Possibilities for fear remain endless
The Australian,
17 September 2011
An example of joined-up scaremongering was provided by the Australian Climate Institute, which last month published a report, A Climate of Suffering.
It’s time to expel the ‘experts’ from family life
spiked,
12 September 2011
In repackaging parenting as a superbly complex, almost scientific task, a gaggle of experts hopes to colonise our personal lives.
The strong rise from the ashes
The Australian,
10 September 2011
In the immediate aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Centre, an army of mental health professionals flooded into New York in search of distressed and traumatised victims.
The real danger to our children
The Australian,
7 September 2011
Sometimes the most well-intentioned initiatives to protect children end up with unexpectedly disorienting consequences for everyone concerned.
After 9/11: ten years of a war against… who?
spiked,
5 September 2011
In the first of his series of ‘On Reflection’ essays for spiked, Frank Furedi reflects on our leaders' inability to give a name to their post-9/11 wars.
A professional masquerade
Times Higher Education,
1 September 2011
Demands that scholars like David Starkey not speak outside their subject threaten intellectual freedom.
The past is not history but should be retold as part of our future
The Australian,
27 August 2011
One of the most important challenges facing Australia is whether it is prepared to engage with the legacy of its past and ensure that its history becomes a continuous part of its national conversation.
Cameron’s cure will make society sicker
spiked,
23 August 2011
The PM's post-riots promise of more intervention into troubled families is mad – it is precisely such intervention that devastated parental authority.
Politicians are like children: they just don’t know when to stop
The Australian,
20 August 2011
Cameron's call to turn around 120,000 troubled families represents an excellent example of what can most accurately be described as a fantasy policy.
Rioting in England: was it just a bad dream?
spiked,
15 August 2011
The elite’s claim that this was just another facet of the ‘culture of greed’ shows how incapable they are of addressing urban implosion.
Why London’s burning
The Australian,
13 August 2011
The riots that erupted in Tottenham, north London, and then spread to other parts of this metropolis before erupting in other English cities are the consequence of a unique form of community disintegration.
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