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Frank Furedi
Frank Furedi is a emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. Since the late 1990s, he has been widely cited about his views on why Western societies find it so difficult to engage with risk and uncertainty. His book Invitation to Terror: expanding the empire of the unknown explores the way in which the threat of terrorism has become amplified through the ascendancy of precautionary thinking.
Frank Furedi is a emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. Since the late 1990s, he has been widely cited about his views on why Western societies find it so difficult to engage with risk and uncertainty. His book Invitation to Terror: expanding the empire of the unknown explores the way in which the threat of terrorism has become amplified through the ascendancy of precautionary thinking.
Frank Furedi Videos
Avoiding Apocalypse
Is a nuclear crisis inevitable?
In search of oneself
The risk of self reflection
Dangerous Convictions
Frank Furedi | Could we live without certainty?
Danger, safety and the future
Is risk aversion damaging the next generation?
The Great Escape
Is fantasy fiction a dangerous crutch?
Frank Furedi Articles
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Visions of Apocalypse
Is the end always nigh?
Tiger Mothers and Cultural Success
Is work bad for the soul?
The New Inquisition
The forbidden ideas in media
Freedom in Chains
Limits to Liberty
The End of Privacy
Heresy, Truth and the Future
Challenging the status quo
Frank Furedi | Interview
On rethinking identity
Danger, safety and the future
Is risk aversion damaging the next generation?
In search of oneself
The risk of self reflection
More Articles
How education embedded inequality
How liberals left liberty behind
We can’t tame big tech
The legacy of Charles Mills
Can the state know what's best?
Why taking offence is good
The power of utopia
The power of apocalypse
The future of male identity
Buy stuff, end capitalism?
Defending freedom will be the downfall of the US
We shouldn't fear genetic differences
In defence of hierarchy
The family's threat to justice
The dangers of Davos and the global social contract
Democracy and the polarization trap
The political power of your body
The Ethics of Online Communication
Beyond envy's dark side
Ukraine alone won't save democracy
The most important book Marx never wrote
We must imitate Zelensky, not just admire him
Political labels are a farce
The philosophers behind Putin
Ukraine is not about territory, it's about identity
Liberal democracies can't solve climate change
How Macron polarized politics, and won
Prosecuting war crimes is not the answer
Fundamental rights and the limits of democracy
Musk's town square will be chaos