by Frank Furedi | Jun 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Risk and Fear
‘Evidence’ has been turned into a gospel truth and that’s bad for political decision-making. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the word ‘evidence’ has turned into a quasi-religious concept. There are constant appeals to ‘the evidence’. We need more and...
by Frank Furedi | Jun 19, 2020 | Culture Wars
Many pundits and politicians seem to blame UK prime minister Boris Johnson for provoking the latest installment of the culture wars that now dominate Anglo-American public life. Sections of the media, from the New York Times to the Guardian, have claimed that Johnson...
by Frank Furedi | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
No sooner did Jacob Frey, the Mayor of Minneapolis, apologize to the black community for the killing of George Floyd than everyone felt they had to say sorry for the sins of their fathers, erasing the meaning of sincere apology. I’ve stopped counting the number of...
by Frank Furedi | Jun 12, 2020 | 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. Until recently, discussions about the culture war tended to be confined to the margins of public life. Often, academics and...
by Frank Furedi | Jun 2, 2020 | Culture Wars, Race
I understand why so many Americans took to the streets after witnessing the slow, painful execution of George Floyd. A powerful sense of racial injustice, combined with concerns about the devastating impact that the Covid pandemic is having on African-Americans, gave...