HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI Culture of Fear Revisited by Frank Furedi (2006-12-26) $51.17. Buy now on Amazon. New Ideology of Imperialism: Renewing the Moral Imperative (Pluto Studies in Racism and Imperialism) $33.00. Buy now on Amazon. Invitation to Terror: The Expanding Empire of the Unknown. $26.97. Buy

now on Amazon.

VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to ABOUT | FRANK FUREDI About. Frank Furedi is a sociologist and social commentator. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Since the late 1990s, Frank has been widely cited about his views on why Western societies find it so difficult to engage with risk and uncertainty. He has published widely about controversies

relating to

PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min. COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min.

RISK & FEAR

Don’t sacrifice freedom at the altar of safety. It is clear that many people throughout Europe and beyond really fear the threat posed by the coronavirus. So much so that the vast Jan 30, 2020. 4 IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI Culture of Fear Revisited by Frank Furedi (2006-12-26) $51.17. Buy now on Amazon. New Ideology of Imperialism: Renewing the Moral Imperative (Pluto Studies in Racism and Imperialism) $33.00. Buy now on Amazon. Invitation to Terror: The Expanding Empire of the Unknown. $26.97. Buy

now on Amazon.

VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to ABOUT | FRANK FUREDI About. Frank Furedi is a sociologist and social commentator. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Since the late 1990s, Frank has been widely cited about his views on why Western societies find it so difficult to engage with risk and uncertainty. He has published widely about controversies

relating to

PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min. COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min.

RISK & FEAR

Don’t sacrifice freedom at the altar of safety. It is clear that many people throughout Europe and beyond really fear the threat posed by the coronavirus. So much so that the vast Jan 30, 2020. 4 IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to ARTICLES | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19: STOP POLITICISING THE PANDEMIC The Observer’s casual transformation of Brexit into a threat to public health is a classic example of politicising an illness.Others have piled in, too. ‘Boris Johnson cares more about the economy than he does about human lives’, declares a commentator in the Canary.Some commentators just can’t let go of their outrage over Michael Gove’s scepticism towards anti-Brexit experts. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. OUR RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION IS IN CRISIS Cultivating free inquiry and recovering the spirit of freedom is the real challenge facing us in the 2020s. Yes, the freedom of expression is always a risky enterprise. Controversy and debate can lead towards the most unexpected outcomes. But instead of policing speech, a mature democracy must encourage open debate. THE BONDS THAT HOLD SOCIETY TOGETHER ARE BREAKING This is because throughout the history of mankind, boundaries have played a key role in communities making moral distinctions between

right and wrong.

JOHN LOCKE AND THE NEW INTOLERANCE The 17th-century philosopher, John Locke, is often described as the father of modern liberalism. Now a recently discovered manuscript titled ‘Reasons for tolerateing Papists equally with others’ (1667-8) suggests that he was actually more liberal and tolerant than generally believed. The text had long lied unnoticed in archives until it was uncovered by Locke scholar JC Walmsley. PLAY ‘SELF-IDENTITY’, MAKE YOURSELF UP AS YOU GO Self-identification renders identity a form of role play. It works as a make-it-up-as-you-go-along performance and you can adopt whatever role takes your fancy. Once upon a time the UCU’s report would have provoked the response of “they must be joking”. Some sensible commentators may still react in astonishment at its preposterous

sentiments.

HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19 PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min.

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns OUR RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION IS IN CRISIS Cultivating free inquiry and recovering the spirit of freedom is the real challenge facing us in the 2020s. Yes, the freedom of expression is always a risky enterprise. Controversy and debate can lead towards the most unexpected outcomes. But instead of policing speech, a mature democracy must encourage open debate. THE BONDS THAT HOLD SOCIETY TOGETHER ARE BREAKING This is because throughout the history of mankind, boundaries have played a key role in communities making moral distinctions between

right and wrong.

HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19 PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min.

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns OUR RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION IS IN CRISIS Cultivating free inquiry and recovering the spirit of freedom is the real challenge facing us in the 2020s. Yes, the freedom of expression is always a risky enterprise. Controversy and debate can lead towards the most unexpected outcomes. But instead of policing speech, a mature democracy must encourage open debate. THE BONDS THAT HOLD SOCIETY TOGETHER ARE BREAKING This is because throughout the history of mankind, boundaries have played a key role in communities making moral distinctions between

right and wrong.

VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and CONTACT | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19

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Don’t sacrifice freedom at the altar of safety. It is clear that many people throughout Europe and beyond really fear the threat posed by the coronavirus. So much so that the vast Jan 30, 2020. 4 AUTHORITY | FRANK FUREDI From the standpoint of history, 1968 represents a brief interregnum. It did mark the end of the apathetic era of the 1950s. But it also

CULTURE WARS

spiked 12 June 2020 This is the second part of a two-part essay exploring the development of the culture wars. Read the first part

here.

COVID-19: STOP POLITICISING THE PANDEMIC The Observer’s casual transformation of Brexit into a threat to public health is a classic example of politicising an illness.Others have piled in, too. ‘Boris Johnson cares more about the economy than he does about human lives’, declares a commentator in the Canary.Some commentators just can’t let go of their outrage over Michael Gove’s scepticism towards anti-Brexit experts. A DISASTER WITHOUT PRECEDENT Covid-19 is a disaster without precedent. Not primarily in terms of the disease itself, but in terms of how we have responded to it. The impact of Covid-19 on people’s lives and on economic, social and global relations, both now and in the future, is likely to be more far-reaching than any other previous public-health crisis. Not even during the First World War or the Second World War did ACADEMIC FREEDOM & FREE SPEECH Our right to free expression is in crisis - can we call ourselves a democracy if we don't encourage. In this series, writers give their verdict on the previous decade and predictions for the next. Here, Frank Furedi reflects on the decade Dec 26, 2019. 7 min. ACADEMIC FREEDOM & FREE SPEECH 12 March 2021 SPIKED Too many on what passes for the left today are keen to dismiss the free-speech crisis in universities as a HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19 VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min.

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. COVID-19: STOP POLITICISING THE PANDEMIC The Observer’s casual transformation of Brexit into a threat to public health is a classic example of politicising an illness.Others have piled in, too. ‘Boris Johnson cares more about the economy than he does about human lives’, declares a commentator in the Canary.Some commentators just can’t let go of their outrage over Michael Gove’s scepticism towards anti-Brexit experts. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19 VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min.

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. COVID-19: STOP POLITICISING THE PANDEMIC The Observer’s casual transformation of Brexit into a threat to public health is a classic example of politicising an illness.Others have piled in, too. ‘Boris Johnson cares more about the economy than he does about human lives’, declares a commentator in the Canary.Some commentators just can’t let go of their outrage over Michael Gove’s scepticism towards anti-Brexit experts. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

RISK & FEAR

Don’t sacrifice freedom at the altar of safety. It is clear that many people throughout Europe and beyond really fear the threat posed by the coronavirus. So much so that the vast Jan 30, 2020. 4 CONTACT | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19

CULTURE WARS

spiked 12 June 2020 This is the second part of a two-part essay exploring the development of the culture wars. Read the first part

here.

AUTHORITY | FRANK FUREDI From the standpoint of history, 1968 represents a brief interregnum. It did mark the end of the apathetic era of the 1950s. But it also A DISASTER WITHOUT PRECEDENT Covid-19 is a disaster without precedent. Not primarily in terms of the disease itself, but in terms of how we have responded to it. The impact of Covid-19 on people’s lives and on economic, social and global relations, both now and in the future, is likely to be more far-reaching than any other previous public-health crisis. Not even during the First World War or the Second World War did THE HUMILIATION OF WESTERN HISTORY The humiliation and demonisation of the past and its ideals is now enacted at every important cultural event. Prize-giving ceremonies, be they the Oscars, the Tonys or the Pulitzers, invariably include speeches boasting of the bravery of the recipient for daring to ‘speak truth to power’. Ironically, this supposedly rebellious

rhetoric is

OUR RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION IS IN CRISIS Cultivating free inquiry and recovering the spirit of freedom is the real challenge facing us in the 2020s. Yes, the freedom of expression is always a risky enterprise. Controversy and debate can lead towards the most unexpected outcomes. But instead of policing speech, a mature democracy must encourage open debate. CLASSICAL MUSIC RACIST? The obscure musicology journal in question is the tiny Journal of Schenkerian Studies.The journal’s editor, Timothy Jackson, a music-theory professor at the University of North Texas, is under fire for his hard-hitting response to the claim that the interwar Austrian-Jewish composer and theorist Heinrich Schenker personified the white racist attitudes that dominate classical music. HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19 VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min.

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. COVID-19: STOP POLITICISING THE PANDEMIC The Observer’s casual transformation of Brexit into a threat to public health is a classic example of politicising an illness.Others have piled in, too. ‘Boris Johnson cares more about the economy than he does about human lives’, declares a commentator in the Canary.Some commentators just can’t let go of their outrage over Michael Gove’s scepticism towards anti-Brexit experts. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns HOME | FRANK FUREDIABOUTBOOKSARTICLESVIDEOSCONTACTMORAL CRUSADES Sociologist, commentator, and author of 25 books. Buy Frank's Books. Out 30 October 2020. Buy your copy on amazon. YouTube. Battle of Ideas boi. 115 subscribers. Subscribe. Living as democratic citizens - a lecture by Frank Furedi. BOOKS | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19 VIDEOS | FRANK FUREDI DP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to PARENTING | FRANK FUREDI Parenting. Apr 29. 3 min. Trans Issues. A film censor to tell parents and children what they should think. 24 Mar, 2021 RT The British Board of Film Classification has stepped into the trans debate by highlighting five films for families to Aug 21, 2020. 6 min.

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

THERAPY CULTURE

Competitive self-harm. It is difficult not to feel distressed and saddened by the death of Molly Russell. She is the 14-year-old British schoolgirl whose Sep 17, 2018. 4 min. IDENTITY POLITICS IS TURNING VIOLENT The intolerance of cancel culture. This new philosophy of violence is the direct outcome of the powerful influence of identity politics in the Anglo-American world. Campus movements linked to identity politics have devalued the liberal ideal of tolerance. COVID-19: STOP POLITICISING THE PANDEMIC The Observer’s casual transformation of Brexit into a threat to public health is a classic example of politicising an illness.Others have piled in, too. ‘Boris Johnson cares more about the economy than he does about human lives’, declares a commentator in the Canary.Some commentators just can’t let go of their outrage over Michael Gove’s scepticism towards anti-Brexit experts. THE POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY Public life today is dominated by the politicisation of identity. The grand narratives of the age of ideology have given way to a cacophony of demands for validation from the latest cause-seekers to enter the marketplace of identities. So no sooner is white privilege denounced for its ‘colourblind’ insensitivity than insecure members of this privileged group start to frame their concerns

RACE | FRANK FUREDI

A scandal involving an obscure music journal confirms that the crusade against whiteness is out of control. 16 February 2021 In a world Sep

20, 2020. 4 min.

COVID-19 | FRANK FUREDI 16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and

RISK & FEAR

Don’t sacrifice freedom at the altar of safety. It is clear that many people throughout Europe and beyond really fear the threat posed by the coronavirus. So much so that the vast Jan 30, 2020. 4 CONTACT | FRANK FUREDI religion and belief. risk and fear. society and civility. therapy culture. culture wars. covid-19

CULTURE WARS

spiked 12 June 2020 This is the second part of a two-part essay exploring the development of the culture wars. Read the first part

here.

AUTHORITY | FRANK FUREDI From the standpoint of history, 1968 represents a brief interregnum. It did mark the end of the apathetic era of the 1950s. But it also A DISASTER WITHOUT PRECEDENT Covid-19 is a disaster without precedent. Not primarily in terms of the disease itself, but in terms of how we have responded to it. The impact of Covid-19 on people’s lives and on economic, social and global relations, both now and in the future, is likely to be more far-reaching than any other previous public-health crisis. Not even during the First World War or the Second World War did THE HUMILIATION OF WESTERN HISTORY The humiliation and demonisation of the past and its ideals is now enacted at every important cultural event. Prize-giving ceremonies, be they the Oscars, the Tonys or the Pulitzers, invariably include speeches boasting of the bravery of the recipient for daring to ‘speak truth to power’. Ironically, this supposedly rebellious

rhetoric is

OUR RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION IS IN CRISIS Cultivating free inquiry and recovering the spirit of freedom is the real challenge facing us in the 2020s. Yes, the freedom of expression is always a risky enterprise. Controversy and debate can lead towards the most unexpected outcomes. But instead of policing speech, a mature democracy must encourage open debate. CLASSICAL MUSIC RACIST? The obscure musicology journal in question is the tiny Journal of Schenkerian Studies.The journal’s editor, Timothy Jackson, a music-theory professor at the University of North Texas, is under fire for his hard-hitting response to the claim that the interwar Austrian-Jewish composer and theorist Heinrich Schenker personified the white racist attitudes that dominate classical music.

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Buy your copy on amazon. Furedi on the culture war FRANK FUREDI’S BOOKS FRANK FUREDI ON WHY BORDERS MATTER Why Borders Matter: Why Humanity Must Relearn the Art of Drawing Boundaries (Routledge, 2020) Limits, boundaries and borders are increasingly unfashionable. Whether its support for the ‘no borders’ approach of Europhiles or the rejection of binaries by gender-theory enthusiasts, arguing for borders is difficult these days. In his new book, Why Borders Matter: why humanity must relearn the art of drawing boundaries, Professor Frank Furedi argues that the key driver of the confusion surrounding borders and boundaries is the difficulty that society has in endowing experience with meaning. FRANK FUREDI’S LATEST ARTICLES

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