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.
 
       
 

society and civility

This week on The Forum
BBC World Service, 5 October 2008
Clinical psychologist Dorothy Rowe explores our intimacy and rivalry with our brothers and sisters, American economist Marshall Goldman shows us how powerful Russia has become and sociologist Frank Furedi claims we could be trapped by our own dire predictions.

From Finland to west London: a culture of death?
spiked, 12 November 2007
The Finnish school shooter and Britain’s ‘Lyrical Terrorist’ seem worlds apart. Yet both are products of the globalisation of misanthropy.

Are ‘terrorist groomers’ warping our kids?
spiked, 6 November 2007
In turning terrorism into a child protection issue, where we must shield fragile youth from sleazy al-Qaeda, Britain has abandoned the battle of ideas.

Disturbing youth trend: Drinking to get drunk
Daily Telegraph, 23 September 2007
It's the way that British teenagers drink that is the problem.

It’s time that we all ‘interfered’ more
The Daily Telegraph, 4 June 2006
We need to take more responsbility for our communities

Debased by this soulless culture
Daily Express, 10 January 2006
Celebrating the culture of death begins to deprive life of meaning

Heroes of the hour
New Scientist, 8 May 2004
The resilience of communities in emergency situations can be vital in limiting the damage and saving lives. So why are governments ignoring it? [pdf format]