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Why Borders Matter
Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book argues that the controversy …
100 Years of Identity Crisis
The concept of Identity Crisis came into usage in the 1940s and it has continued to dominate the cultural zeitgeist ever since. In his exploration of the historical origins of this …
How Fear Works
Frank Furedi returns to the theme of Fear in our society and culture. In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book called Culture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and …
Therapy Culture:Cultivating Vu
Therapy Culture explores the powerful influence of therapeutic imperative in Anglo-American societies. In recent decades virtually every sphere of life has become subject to a new …
Culture of Fear Revisited
Fear has become an ever-expanding part of life in the West in the twenty-first century. We live in terror of disease, abuse, stranger danger, environmental devastation and …
Democracy Under Siege
Frank Furedi examines the frequent claim that democracy is a means to an end rather than an important value in and of itself. The prevalence of this sentiment in the current era is …
Populism and the European Culture Wars
Concern and hostility towards populism has become a distinctive feature of contemporary political culture. In Europe such concerns are frequently directed at Eurosceptics, whose …
The Mau Mau War in Perspective
Aimed at students of African politics and political sociologists interested in rural revolution and revolt. Although Mau Mau was militarily crushed in the mid-fifties, the struggle …
Handbook of Public Sociology
Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in …
Power of Reading
Here is a natural companion to Christopher Booker's bestselling The Seven Basic Plots (Continuum) and John Gross's seminal study The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters (Weidenfeld …
Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History
Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History surveys the origins, uses and manifestations of iconoclasm in history, art and public culture. It examines the various …