Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit - Couverture rigide

Nicolaidis, Kalypso

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1783528095 ISBN 13 : 9781783528097

Editeur : Unbound Digital, 2019

Synopsis

Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice offers a very different take on Brexit to those found in most news segments or opinion pieces. Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, examines Britain's relationship with the EU through the lens of Greek mythology, using three key archetypes to analyse the differing visions of the world that have clashed so dramatically over this issue. 'Exodus' makes Brexit a story about British exceptionalism; both a British problem and a testimony to the EU's incapacity to accommodate exceptions. 'Reckoning' brings the story back to the EU's shores, with Brexit a harbinger of terrible truths which we lump together under the easy label of euroscepticism. And 'Sacrifice' contends with the ironic possibility that after and perhaps because of Brexit, the EU will live up to the pluralist ideals that define both the best of Britain and the best of Europe. Ultimately, the book contains a plea for acknowledging each other's stories, with their many variants, ambiguities and contradictions. And in this spirit of recognition, it calls for a mutually respectful, do-no-harm Brexit - the smarter, kinder and gentler Brexit possible in our hard-edged epoch of resentment and frustration.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

I am formally an academic (professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford; previously at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Harvard PhD, Sciences-Po Master). I was even a wise man once upon a time! But I prefer to think of myself as a translator between worlds, across different languages and cultures across disciplinary boundary and between academia and the public sphere, and of course as a teacher, between generations and their ways of communicating. While I have worked with many institutions and published on many subjects, I am currently obsessed with Brexit (as a Franco-Greek EU scholar living in the UK mother of 2 British kids).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unbound Digital
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783528095
• ISBN 13: 9781783528097
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 488
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• Personne responsable: non disponible