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Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust

The Jimmy Savile Scandal

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Frank Furedi

    1. University of Kent, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Scandals, Panics and Crusades

    • Frank Furedi
    Pages 1-11

  3. Jimmy Savile: Man, Monster, Celebrity

    • Frank Furedi
    Pages 12-26

  4. Remembering the Past: Good Old Days — Bad Old Days

    • Frank Furedi
    Pages 27-39

  5. Childhood at Risk: How Children Became So Precious

    • Frank Furedi
    Pages 40-52

  6. The Inflation of Abuse and the Rise of the Victim

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    Pages 53-65

  7. Modern Demonology: Ritual Abuse, Conspiracy and Cover-up

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    Pages 66-80

  8. The Crisis of Authority and the Cult of the Judicial Inquiry

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    Pages 81-93

  9. Conclusion: How the Moral Crusade Harms Us All

    • Frank Furedi
    Pages 94-98

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 99-108
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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.

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  • University of Kent, UK

    Frank Furedi

About the author

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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