The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism - Couverture rigide

O'Toole, Fintan

 
9781631496455: The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 163149645X ISBN 13 : 9781631496455
Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2019

Synopsis

England's recent lurch to the right appears to be but one example of the nationalist wave sweeping across the world, yet as acclaimed Irish critic Fintan O'Toole suggests in The Politics of Pain, it is, in reality, a phenomenon rooted in World War II. We must look not to the vagaries of the European Union but, instead, far back to the end of the British empire, if we hope to understand our most fraternal ally--and the royal mess in which the British now find themselves. O'Toole depicts a roiling nation that almost ludicrously dreams of a German invasion, if only to get the blood going, and that erupts in faux outrage over regulations on "prawn-flavored crisps." A sympathetic yet unsparing observer, O'Toole asks: How did a great nation bring itself to the point of such willful self-harm? His answer represents one of the most profound portraits of the English since Sarah Lyall's New York Times bestseller The Anglo Files.

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À propos de l?auteur

Fintan O'Toole is a columnist for the Irish Times and a professor at Princeton University. A regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and the Guardian and the author of several books, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Dublin, Ireland.

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Éditeur
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
163149645X
ISBN 13 
9781631496455
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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