"‘Flame purification’? I fear the burning of books in Canada is the first step towards something sinister and evil" by Frank Furedi
‘Flame purification’? I fear the burning of books in Canada is the first step towards something sinister and evil Frank Furedi is an author and social commentator. He is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Author of How Fear Works : The Culture of Fear in the 21st Century. Follow him on Twitter @Furedibyte 9 Sep, 2021 13:49 Get short URL 'Fahrenheit 451' (1966) Dir: François Truffaut © Rank Film Distributors Books featuring so-called ‘outdated content’ are being burned as a goodwill gesture to Indigenous people in Ontario. This fills me with dread, as history has shown us that the torching of ideas usually has disastrous consequences. First, a confession. I get really emotional and upset when I encounter ritual book-burning. So when I read that in Canada, more than 4,700 books have been removed from the library shelves of schools and burned...