Frank Furedi

Professor of Sociology at University of Kent, and author of Politics of Fear, Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?, Therapy Culture, Paranoid Parenting and Culture of Fear. 		 
       
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Frank launched his new book, Invitation to Terror, at the Battle of Ideas festival in London in October 2007. Watch the session on FORA.tv.
 

Frank Furedi in the news

Our little emperors: does worrying do more harm than good?
Sunday Times, 29 June 2008
A backlash has begun against the all-must-have-prizes culture that has produced children used to getting their own way. By Margarette Driscoll.

Licensed to Hug
All media, 26 June 2008
The report Licensed to Hug, by Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow, generated a storm of media coverage.

Emphasis on emotions is creating ‘can’t do’ students
The Times (London), 12 June 2008
by Alexandra Frean, Education Editor.

Times Online marriage and sex survey
Sunday Times, 25 May 2008
Darling, that was wonderful: British couples reveal the quantity of sex after parenthood may be down. By Jennifer Howze.

Government to quiz households on sex lives and salaries
Daily Telegraph, 21 April 2008
by Lewis Carter

State busybodies want to pry into your bedroom secrets
Daily Mail, 21 April 2008
by Paul Sims

Irrational fears fuel stifling regulations
Fund Strategy, 7 April 2008

The Suspect Society
CBC Radio, 13 March 2008

Think positive
Guardian, 28 February 2008
Richard Schoch on whether children should be taught how to be happy.

A world view built on worst-case scenarios
The Australian, 7 February 2007
by Guy Rundle

Teaching children how to be happy
Daily Telegraph, 22 January 2007
by Julie Henry

A time of fear and loathing
The Age, 2 December 2006
by Helen Razar

Troubling as it may be, fear sells
The International Herald Tribune, 17 November 2006
by Barbara Wall

Smaller babies born in 9/11 climate of fear
The Sunday Times, 12 November 2006
by Roger Dobson and Steven Swinford

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