Frank Furedi
Hungarian-Canadian sociologist of fear and risk; emeritus professor at Kent.
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- Frank Furedi is a Hungarian-Canadian sociologist and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent.
- He has written on the culture of fear, therapy culture, education and what he calls "paranoid parenting".
- In the 1970s he led the group that became the Revolutionary Communist Party, and he writes regularly for Spiked; in November 2021 he became director of MCC Brussels.
Key facts
- Born
- 3 May 1947, Hungary; his family emigrated to Canada after 19561
- Education
- BA in international relations, McGill University; MA in African politics, SOAS; PhD, University of Kent (1987)1
- Books
- Culture of Fear; Paranoid Parenting; Therapy Culture; Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?; Wasted (2009); On Tolerance (2011); Authority: A Sociological Introduction1
- Writes
- Roots & Wings with Frank Furedi (newsletter); Spiked1
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