Politics of Fear - by Frank Furedi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Furedi argues that the traditional terms "left" and "right" have been both distorted and proved inadequate by a number of developments, notably the Cold War, the Culture Wars and (as he's shown in previous books) the prevalance of risk-adverse managerialism. The result is a politics (both big P and little p) that fails to take humans seriously as humans and which, necessarily, evades discussion of right and wrong. Furedi shows that the single most important political need is for an adequate conception of humanity (and, in the process, the public) and that it is this that will produce a new and more imaginative alignment in politics.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Furedi argues that the traditional terms "left" and "right" have been both distorted and proved inadequate by a number of developments, notably the Cold War, the Culture Wars and (as he's shown in previous books) the prevalance of risk-adverse managerialism. The result is a politics (both big P and little p) that fails to take humans seriously as humans and which, necessarily, evades discussion of right and wrong. Furedi shows that the single most important political need is for an adequate conception of humanity (and, in the process, the public) and that it is this that will produce a new and more imaginative alignment in politics.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>Mention of book in piece on 'Bird flu Prophets of doom spread nothing but needles alarm'--Sanford Lakoff "The Daily Express "<br><br>Article by Frank Furedi 'Politicians, economists, teachers...why are they so desperate to make us happy?'--Sanford Lakoff "Sunday Telegraph "<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author of numerous books including Culture of Fear, Invitation to Terror and Paranoid Parenting, all published by Continuum.
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