Heroic failure : Brexit and the politics of pain
O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-2018
Books, Manuscripts
In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himself discovering how trivial journalistic lies became far from trivial national obsessions; how the pose of indifference to truth and historical fact has come to define the style of an entire political elite; how a country that once had colonies is redefining itself as an oppressed nation requiring liberation; the strange gastronomic and political significance of prawn-flavoured crisps, and their role in the rise of Boris Johnson; the dreams of revolutionary deregulation and privatisation that drive Arron Banks, Nigel Farrage and Jacob Rees-Mogg; and the silent rise of English nationalism, the force that dare not speak its name.
Main title:
Heroic failure : Brexit and the politics of pain / Fintan O'Toole.
Author:
O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2018.
Collation:
xviii, 217 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781789540987 (pbk)
Dewey class:
341.24220941341.242230941341.2422341.242
LC class:
HC240.25.G7
Local class:
341.242
Language:
English
Subject:
European Union -- MembershipReferendum -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st centuryGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countriesEuropean Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainEuropean Union -- History -- 21st centuryGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007-Politics and GovernmentAdvice and RightsGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryNational characteristics, BritishPrejudices in popular culture -- Great BritainEntitlement attitudes -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Relations -- European Union countriesEuropean Union countries -- Relations -- Great Britain
BRN:
2355415