Description
| Product ID: | 9781912248254 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | New Model Island |
| Subtitle: | How to Build a Radical Culture Beyond the Idea of England |
| Authors: | Author: Alex Niven |
| Page Count: | 150 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Political science and theory, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From Orwell-reading centrists to right-wing extremists, there have been countless attempts in recent decades to reimagine the feudal nation that was once England. But there is a strong case for saying that `England' doesn't exist at all in the twenty-first century. A study of place, identity, music, politics and regionalism which calls for a radical restructuring of the British Isles. In the early twenty-first century, "Englishness" suddenly became a hot topic. A rash of art exhibitions, pop albums and coffee table books arrived on the scene, all desperate to recover England’s lost national soul. But when we sweep away the patriotic stereotypes, we begin to see that England is a country that does not — and perhaps should not — exist in any essential sense. In this provocative text combining polemic and memoir, Alex Niven argues that the map of the British Isles should be torn apart completely as we look towards a time of radical political reform. Rejecting outdated nationalisms, Niven argues for a renovated model of culture and governance for the islands — a fluid, dynamic version of regionalism preparing the way for a new "dream archipelago". |
| Imprint Name: | Repeater Books |
| Publisher Name: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-11-12 |