The fight for civilisation | Frank Furedi

Western civilisation faces a two-pronged assault – but are both
attackers closer than they appear?


In this uncompromising lecture, Professor Frank Furedi exposes
the internal collapse of civilisational confidence in the West
and its convenient projection onto foreign foes. From the lecture
halls of London to the tunnels of Gaza, decolonisation and
Islamism reveal a shared contempt for the Western project – one
that elites are increasingly unable (or unwilling) to defend.


 


Topics Covered


• Decolonial dogma – why the West’s own academics now frame it as
a criminal enterprise


• Islamism’s rise – and why its supporters find comfortable homes
in Western institutions


• Russia, China and the colonial smear – weaponised history as
geopolitical strategy


• The left–Islamist alliance – what unites Hamas and Harvard •
Western conservatism’s failure – and the temptation to outsource
blame


• The real crisis – not Islam or ideology, but a West that can’t
explain itself