Assembling the reflections of prominent writers on the political and intellectual history of modern Britain, this book takes the reader on an excursion through colonialism and Britain's role in the 20th century. It includes the personalities, politics and culture of the British Isles.
Presents the investigation of how the phenomenon of political legitimacy operated within Europe's political cultures during the period of the Second World War. Exploring political discourse, state propaganda, and high and low culture, this book contributes to the study of the political culture of European history from the 1930s to the 1950s.
With "race" being discredited as a rallying cry for populist movements because of the atrocities committed in its name during World War II, "culture" has been adopted by right-wing groups instead, but used in the same exclusionary manner as racism was. This volume examines the essentialism, which is ...