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Recent articles
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.
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Out in August 2011:
On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence
Outwardly, we live in an era that appears more open-minded, non-judgemental and tolerant than in any time in human history. The very term ‘intolerant’ invokes moral condemnation. We are constantly reminded to understand the importance of respecting different cultures and diversities.
In this new book, Frank Furedi argues that despite the apparent democratisation of public life, society is dominated by a culture that not only tolerates but often encourages intolerance. Often the intolerance is directed at people who refuse to accept the conventional wisdom and who are stigmatised as ‘deniers’. Frequently intolerance comes into its own in clashes over cultural values and lifestyles. People are condemned for the food they eat, how they parent, and for wearing religious symbols in public.
On Tolerance teases out the motives and drivers of contemporary intolerance, and argues that the willingness to make judgements and to tolerate dissent is the essential precondition for freedom and moral independence.
Order On Tolerance from Amazon (UK)
Discussion of On Tolerance in the media
Over tolerantie
Ethische Perspectieven,
11 May 2012
The elites are making a virtue of intolerance
spiked,
8 March 2012
Rob White: Planet Intolerance
The Global Warming Policy Foundation,
8 November 2011
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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.
Band of brothers under attack from the social engineers
The Australian,
17 March 2012
The politicisation of the Australian Defence Force Academy Skype scandal means it is no longer about the inexcusable harassment of an individual female cadet but about political reputations and, ultimately, the ethos defining the military's way of life.
The moral crusaders who confuse sex with rape
spiked,
15 March 2012
Today’s relentless awareness-raising about an alleged epidemic of rape speaks to officialdom’s suspicion of interpersonal relationships.
The elites are making a virtue of intolerance
spiked,
8 March 2012
ESSAY: France’s criminalisation of Armenian genocide denial is only the latest outburst of twenty-first-century state intolerance.
Satisfaction and its discontents
Times Higher Education,
8 March 2012
The National Student Survey puts pressure on lecturers to provide 'enhanced' experiences. But, argues Frank Furedi, the results do not measure educational quality and the process infantilises students and corrodes academic integrity.
Raise status of teachers, add some authority and watch our students blossom
The Australian,
3 March 2012
Financial investment does not, on its own, improve the quality of education.
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