F. Furedi

Gebundenes Buch

Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust

The Jimmy Savile Scandal

Beschreibung

The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority.

Autor

Frank Furedi, author and broadcaster, is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, UK. He has written widely on the culture of fear. His work deals with the impact of fear on discussions of childhood, health, new technology and food, and investigates the interaction between risk consciousness and perceptions of fear and trust relations in contemporary society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK / Palgrave Pivot / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-33801-3
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9781137338013
• ISBN-10: 1137338016
• Artikelnr.: 37272690