Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust: The Jimmy Savile Scandal

Author:   F. Furedi
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137338013


Pages:   108
Publication Date:   19 March 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   F. Furedi
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Pivot
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.302kg
ISBN:  

9781137338013


ISBN 10:   1137338016
Pages:   108
Publication Date:   19 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction: Scandals, Panics and Crusades 2. Jimmy Savile: Man, Monster, Celebrity 3. Remembering the past: Good Old Days – Bad Old Days 4. Childhood at Risk: How Children Became so Precious 5. The Inflation of Abuse and the Rise of the Victim 6. Modern Demonology: Ritual Abuse, Conspiracy and Cover Up 7. The Crisis of Authority and the Cult of the Judicial Inquiry 8. Conclusion: How the Moral Crusaders Harm Us All

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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.

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