Tom Nairn

The Enchanted Glass (eBook, ePUB)

Britain and Its Monarchy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction. Instead, he argues that the monarchy is both apex and essence of the British state, the symbol of a national backwardness. In this fully updated edition, Nairn's powerful and bitterly comic prose lays bare Britain's peculiar, pseudo-modern, national identity-which remains stubbornly fixated on the Crown and its constitutional framework, the "parliamentary sovereignty" of Westminster.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789601435
• Artikelnr.: 66424923

Autorenporträt

Tom Nairn was born in Fife in 1932. A leading figure in the post-war New Left, he is generally acknowledged as the most influential Scottish intellectual of his generation. His other books include The Left Against Europe? and The Enchanted Glass: Britain and Its Monarchy.