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

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: F. Furedi, Frank Furedi
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2013
• EAN: 9781137338013
• ISBN: 978-1-137-33801-3
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); C, Culture, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Family, Criminology, Social groups, adolescence, childhood, Sociology: family & relationships, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Regional Studies, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Crime & criminology, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, childhood;children;Moral;Ritual;trust