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The Enchanted Glass
Tom Nairn
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Description for The Enchanted Glass
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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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844677757
SKU
V9781844677757
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99-3
About Tom Nairn
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.
Reviews for The Enchanted Glass
A long and brilliant meditation on the nature of the British state, its identity and national culture ... one of the most powerful and original pieces of writing I have ever read on the subject.
London Review of Books
An ambitious and ruthless dissection of the most down-market comic opera of our age.
Sunday Times
Dazzling, ... Read more
London Review of Books
An ambitious and ruthless dissection of the most down-market comic opera of our age.
Sunday Times
Dazzling, ... Read more