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risk and fear
Forget Scrooge, it’s the scaremongers who ruin Christmas
The Australian,
24 December 2011
One of the most unattractive features of our culture of fear is that it encourages pressure groups to make us scared about people we love and experiences that we cherish.
Leadership, liberty and the crisis of authority
The Punch,
16 November 2011
Leadership has become one of the central questions of our time. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the demand for strong authoritative leadership has been palpable.
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.
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.
How modern society deals with fear
Vimeo,
28 July 2011
Frank Furedi recently spoke at Tallinn University in Estonia. Here's a video of his talk.
It’s health-and-safety gone mainstream!
spiked,
5 July 2011
British officials love to laugh at mad bans on conkers and snowfights, yet they continue to institutionalise a cult of caution.
Wettstreit der Angst: Atomenergie vs. Klimawandel
NovoArgumente,
15 June 2011
Deutschlands Ankündigung, bis 2022 alle Atomkraftwerke abschalten zu wollen, zeigt wie sehr das öffentliche Leben heutzutage von einer „Kultur der Angst“ dominiert wird.
Knee-jerk reaction as nuclear hysteria engulfs German society
The Australian,
4 June 2011
It did not really matter that the terrible disaster that engulfed Japan after the earthquake in March was thousands of kilometres away, on the other side of the world. As far as German opinion leaders were concerned, the only question they could ask was: "What does it mean for us?"
Nuclear vs climate change: the clash of the alarmists
spiked,
2 June 2011
Germany’s hysterical decision to shut down all its nuclear power plants exposes the dangers of competitive fearmongering.
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