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Frank FurediSociologist, commentator and author of Culture of Fear, Where Have All The Intellectuals Gone?, Paranoid Parenting, Therapy Culture, and On Tolerance: In Defence of Moral Independence. |
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| About Frank Frank Furedi is a sociologist and social commentator. He was formerly Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. He is author of: Paranoid Parenting (2001), Allen Lane (The Penguin Press) Furedi’s research is oriented towards the study of the workings of precautionary culture and risk aversion in Western societies. In his books he has explored controversies and panics over issues such as health, children, food, new technology and terrorism. At present he is completing a book on the rise of the Fear Market in contemporary society. The book, provisionally title Scaremongering, studies the role of competing groups – politicians, the media, advocacy organisations, business – in the controversies that surround health, food, technology, terrorism and disasters. Furedi’s books and articles offer an authoritative yet lively account of key developments in contemporary cultural life. Using his insights as a professional sociologist, Furedi has produced a series of agenda-setting books that have been widely discussed in the media. His books have been translated into 11 languages. Furedi regularly comments on radio and television. He has appeared on Newsnight, Sky and BBC News, Radio Four’s Today programme, and a variety of other radio television shows. Internationally, Furedi has been interviewed by the media in Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Brazil, and Germany. His articles have been published in the New Scientist, The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Express, The Daily Mail, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent on Sunday, India Today, L’Espresso, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, Toronto Globe and Mail, The Christian Science Monitor, The Times Higher Education Supplement, Spiked-online, The Times Literary Supplement, Harvard Business Review, Die Welt and Die Zeit, among others. Several of Furedi's articles have been translated and republished in Chinese. Furedi is in frequent regular demand as a public speaker. Audiences that he has recently addressed include:
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