| The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism Contributor(s): O'Toole, Fintan (Author) |
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ISBN: 163149645X ISBN-13: 9781631496455 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - European - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 341.242 |
| LCCN: 2019031268 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Toole, Fintan: - Fintan O'Toole writes for the Irish Times, the Guardian, and the New York Review of Books. A winner of the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize, he lives in Dublin and in Princeton, New Jersey. |