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

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.

Author: F. Furedi
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/19/2013
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781137338013

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.