by Frank Furedi | Jul 25, 2021 | Society and Civility
Ignore the culture war denialists – we really are in the midst of an existential struggle over the future of society. Unlike the German Kulturkampf of the 19th century – the cultural conflict between Bismarck’s Kingdom of Prussia and the Roman Catholic Church –...
by Frank Furedi | Jul 25, 2021 | Risk and Fear
For almost half a century, fear has dominated the outlook of Western societies. One of the distinctive features of this outlook is the tendency always to think the worst. And it is this tendency that has exerted an all too powerful influence over policymakers and...
by Frank Furedi | Jul 18, 2021 | Culture Wars, Education, Politics and the Economy
Unless we win the culture war, society will never meet the needs of ordinary people. Time and again, media commentators insist that the culture wars are a distraction from the big issues of our time, such as the cost-of-living crisis. They often argue that ordinary...
by Frank Furedi | May 3, 2021 | Culture Wars, Politics and the Economy
When Scott Morrison raised the alarm about the rise of identity politics, was he thinking about its ascendancy in the world of business? For Australian corporations, like their competitors abroad, have decided that going woke is good for business. They are not simply...
by Frank Furedi | Apr 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Risk and Fear
The aim of this essay is to explore the impact of contemporary safety consciousness on the reaction to threats like COVID-19 and, more generally, on the way society fears. It argues that in recent years, safety has been sacralised to the point that it has become a...