Frank Füredi
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Frank Furedi (originally called Ferenc Füredi, Dob 3 May 1947) is professor of sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK and a leading associate, perhaps the leading associate, of the LM network. He was, under the pseudonym Frank Richards, a leading member of the Revolutionary Communist Group, then, having been expelled from the RCG, the founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Tendency, later the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). The RCP has traversed one of the longest ideological journeys in British politics, moving from the what it described as 'ultra-left', through several incarnations into a broad collection of organisations on the libertarian right wing, including Spiked Online and the Institute of Ideas. Furedi continues to be a leading figure in this network of organisations, characterised by a vigorous anti-environmentalist, pro-GM stance, known as the LM network.
Aside from his academic work, he is frequently quoted in the media as an expert on how our society has become obsessed with risk. He writes regularly for Spiked Online, and has written several books on the subject, with titles such as Paranoid Parenting, Therapy Culture, and Culture of Fear. He wrote an article about risk culture post September 11, one of only two papers published by Global Futures. Furedi also writes a column for the Times Higher Education supplement.[1]
Furedi has also written under the 'Party' names of Frank Richards and Linda Ryan.[2] He was born in Hungary in 1947. His family emigrated to Canada after the Soviets crushed the 1956 uprising and has lived in Britain since the 1970s. He is married to Ann Furedi.
Contents
Furedi's exit from IS and the RCG
In 1975 Furedi (using the name Frank Richards) was listed as a member of the editorial board of the RCG theoretical journal Revolutionary Communist at the time of issue number two dated May 1975.
Education, Career, Affiliations, Company Directorships, Resources, Contact, Notes
Education
- 1965-69 McGill University, BA Political Science
- 1969-70 School of Oriental and African Studies, MA African Politics
- 1970-74 School of Oriental and African Studies. Ph.D Research PhD Title: The Mau Mau Revolt in Perspective[3]
Affiliations
- Manifesto Club | Living Marxism | LM group | Revolutionary Communist Tendency | Revolutionary Communist Party | Civitas has written for them including after receipt of funding from the Nigel Lord Vinson Charitable Trust | Centre for Policy Studies - has written for them | Lanesborough Lunch The inaugural event (20/5/99) of this tobacco industry funded series was addressed by Frank Furedi.[4]
Company directorships
- Spiked - Director from 5 September 2000 and Shareholder | Twymans Mill Management Company Limited Appointed 19 May 2003, company dissolved 31 August 2004 | Open Dialogue, Appointed 19 February 1998, Resigned 7 February 2003 | Inter-Generation Appointed 22 April 2008[5] |
Publications By Furedi
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Resources
Contact Details
- Website: www.frankfuredi.com
Biographical Notes
- University of Kent staff profile for Frank Furedi
- Profile "Frank Furedi", Centre for Parenting Studies website, accessed 29 Dec 2010
Interview With Furedi
- Michael Duffy interviews Frank Furedi, "Paranoid Parenting", Counterpoint, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 21, 2005.
General Articles
- George Monbiot, "Far Left or Far Right?", Prospect Magazine, November 1998.
- Living Marxism profile, GM Watch, accessed Dec 2003.
- David Pallister, John Vidal and Kevin Maguire, "Life after Living Marxism: Banning the bans", The Guardian, July 8, 2000.
- George Monbiot, "Invasion of the Entryists", The Guardian, December 9, 2003.
- ReadySteadyBook.com, Frank Furedi interview, accessed 25 October 2004
- Maureen Freely and Martin Bright, Review of "Paranoid Parenting", The Observer, 11 March 2001.
- Andy Rowell, "LobbyWatch: SMC complaint", April 2007. (This is an edited version of a submission made by Andy Rowell to the board of the Science Media Centre).
- "Interview with Monbiot on the LM group", Lobbywatch, April 11, 2007. (This interview was undertaken some time earlier than the publication date).
- Brendan O'Neill, "'Humanising politics – that is my only agenda'", Spiked Online, April 25, 2007.
Notes
- ↑ Frank Furedi, Nine out of ten dogmas, Times Higher Education Supplement, 20-November-2008
- ↑ Juliette Hughes The truth is downright dirty The Age (Australia), June 2, 2007
- ↑ University of Kent Frank Furedi, CV, March 2008, accessed 18 January 2011
- ↑ Frank Furedi 'Litigious Britain: Consolation and the compensation culture' The Risk of Freedom Briefing, Issue No. 1 October 1999, p. 3.
- ↑ Data from Companies House, accessed 22 November 2010
