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These Islands - A Letter To Britain (Paperback)
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These Islands - A Letter To Britain (Paperback)
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Visiting Italy in the months preceding the Scottish referendum of
2014, Ali Ansari was struck by the admiration of Italian colleagues
for the liberalism of a state that would allow, and even encourage,
one of its constituent parts to resolve the question of their own
independence. Such a development, they noted, would be
inconceivable in Europe. In this fascinating contribution to the
Haus Curiosities series, Ansari considers the idea of Britain as a
political entity. Invented to integrate conflicting nationalisms in
an `ever more perfect union' it has succumbed to particular
resurgent nationalisms in a curious reversal of fortune. The idea
of Britain sits awkwardly in the margins of this discussion, which
considers some nationalists suppressed minorities, in need of
attention, and others to be bigoted throwbacks to a more divisive
age. Arguing the case for `Great Britain' from the perspective of
the political mythology of the British state - with an emphasis on
culture, ideas and narrative constructions - Ansari makes the claim
that Britain's strength lies in its ability of shape the popular
imagination, both at home and abroad, and that an `excess of
enthusiasm' may yet do untold damage to the fabric of a state and
society that has been carefully constructed and will not be easily
repaired.
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