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Austerity not inevitable in long term, but tough measures needed in meantime
The Australian,
12 May 2012
Europe is suffering from a serious bout of nerves about its future, best summed up in French as demondialisation. The strict translation is "deglobalisation", but the sentiment behind it is better understood as "stop the world, I want to get off".
Over tolerantie
Ethische Perspectieven,
11 May 2012
The Dutch translation of a lecture given by Frank Furedi in Leuven, March 2012.
The divided state of America
spiked,
30 April 2012
Charles Murray’s new book is a valiant effort to explain why America's upper classes are now so hollow and defensive, and incapable of marshalling the moral resources to lead society.
Quality curriculum, not more funding, is the key to a better education system
The Australian,
28 April 2012
By all rights education should be at the heart of political debate in Australia. Unfortunately, there appears to be a reluctance to discuss what is really going on in the classroom.
Glaube: Wie aus dem Atheismus eine Pseudo-Religion wurde
NovoArgumente,
18 April 2012
Von Frank Furedi.
Language of officialdom devalues ties with those we love and care for most
The Australian,
14 April 2012
The words we use really matter, for they shape people's view of themselves and of their fellow citizens.
Breaking up is hard to do … but children must learn to cope
The Australian,
31 March 2012
The unrelenting expansion of the colonisation of childhood is one of the most far-reaching and potentially destructive forces at work in contemporary society.
Traditi dalla scuola
Avvenire,
22 March 2012
INTERVISTA. L’allarme del sociologo Frank Furedi: «C’è troppa retorica sull’apprendimento costante, occorre riscoprire il valore dell’istruzione».
Toulouse murders open front in culture war
The Australian,
22 March 2012
Far too many people appear to regard the Toulouse tragedy as an opportunity to attack their opponent in the culture war enveloping Europe.
Bob Dylan and the birth of The Sixties
spiked,
19 March 2012
On the 50th anniversary of the release of Dylan's first album, Frank Furedi looks back at that decade of tumult.
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