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Veterans of the First World War - Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland (Hardcover): David Swift,... Veterans of the First World War - Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
David Swift, Oliver Wilkinson
R4,134 Discovery Miles 41 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing scholarship it offers comparison of the experiences of veterans in different regions of Britain, including perspectives drawn from Ireland. Further nuance is offered by the assessment of the experiences of ex-servicewomen alongside those of ex-servicemen, such focus deeping understanding into the gendered specificities of post-war veteran activities and experiences. Moreover, case studies of specific cohorts of veterans are offered, including focus on disabled veterans and ex-prisoners of war. In these regards the collection offers vital updates to existing scholarship while bringing important new departures and challenges to the current interpretive frameworks of veteran experiences in post-war Britain and Ireland.

Veterans of the First World War - Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland (Paperback): David Swift,... Veterans of the First World War - Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland (Paperback)
David Swift, Oliver Wilkinson
R1,289 Discovery Miles 12 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing scholarship it offers comparison of the experiences of veterans in different regions of Britain, including perspectives drawn from Ireland. Further nuance is offered by the assessment of the experiences of ex-servicewomen alongside those of ex-servicemen, such focus deeping understanding into the gendered specificities of post-war veteran activities and experiences. Moreover, case studies of specific cohorts of veterans are offered, including focus on disabled veterans and ex-prisoners of war. In these regards the collection offers vital updates to existing scholarship while bringing important new departures and challenges to the current interpretive frameworks of veteran experiences in post-war Britain and Ireland.

For Class and Country - The Patriotic Left and the First World War (Hardcover): David Swift For Class and Country - The Patriotic Left and the First World War (Hardcover)
David Swift
R2,239 R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Save R1,011 (45%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The First World War has often suffered from comparison to the Second, in terms of both public interest and the significance ascribed to it by scholars in the shaping of modern Britain. This is especially so for the relationship between the Left and these two wars. For the Left, the Second World War can be seen as a time of triumph: a united stand against fascism followed by a landslide election win and a radical, reforming Labour government. The First World War is more complex. Given the gratuitous cost in lives, the failure of a 'fit country for heroes to live in' to materialise, the deep recessions and unemployment of the inter-war years, and the botched peace settlements which served only to precipitate another war, the Left has tended to view the conflict as an unmitigated disaster and unpardonable waste. This has led to a tendency on the Left to see the later conflict as the 'good' war, fought against an obvious evil, and the earlier conflict as an imperialist blunder; the result of backroom scheming, secret pacts and a thirst for colonies. This book hopes to move away from a concentration on machinations at the elite levels of the labour movement, on events inside Parliament and intellectual developments; there is a focus on less well-visited material.

Left for Itself, A - Left-wing Hobbyists and Performative Radicalism (Paperback): David Swift Left for Itself, A - Left-wing Hobbyists and Performative Radicalism (Paperback)
David Swift
R461 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R45 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the first full length analysis of the rise of left-wing hobbyists, performative radicals and the 'Identity Left', A Left for Itself interrogates the connection between socio-economic realities and politico-cultural views and boldly asks what is a worthy politics, one for the follower count or one for effecting change. 'In the sometimes febrile environment of contemporary left politics, this book is a measured and evaluative contribution. David Swift cuts through the rhetoric of often violent and divisive exchanges to uncover the roots, motivations, diverse character and strengths and weaknesses of the current phenomenon of so-called `identity politics'.' Dr Stephen Meredith

The Identity Myth - Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality (Hardcover): David Swift The Identity Myth - Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality (Hardcover)
David Swift
R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

We are in crisis. As a society we have never been less connected. The internet and globalisation fuel ignorance and anger, while the disconnect between people's reality and perceived identities has never been greater. Karl Marx outlined the idea of a material 'base' and politico-cultural 'superstructure'. According to this formula, a material reality - wealth, income, occupation - determined your politics, leisure habits, tastes, and how you made sense of the world. Today, the importance of material deprivation, in terms of threats to life, health and prosperity, are as acute as ever. But the identities apparently generated by these realities are increasingly detached from material circumstances. At the same time, different identities are needlessly conflated through a process of reeling off a list of -isms and -phobias, and are lumped together, as though these groups all somehow have something in common with one another. Th is process is not just inappropriate but obscures the specific nature of problems being faced. In The Identity Myth, David Swift covers the four different kinds of identity most susceptible to this trend - class, race, sex and age. He considers how the boundaries of identities are policed and how diverse versions of the same identity can be deployed to different ends. Ultimately, it is not that identities are simply more 'complex' than they appear but that there are more important commonalities. In a powerful call to arms, Swift argues that we must unite against these identity myths and embrace our differences to beat inequality.

The Identity Myth - Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality (Paperback): David Swift The Identity Myth - Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality (Paperback)
David Swift
R345 R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Save R63 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

We are in crisis. As a society we have never been less connected. The internet and globalisation fuel ignorance and anger, while the disconnect between people's reality and perceived identities has never been greater. Karl Marx outlined the idea of a material 'base' and politico-cultural 'superstructure'. According to this formula, a material reality - wealth, income, occupation - determined your politics, leisure habits, tastes, and how you made sense of the world. Today, the importance of material deprivation, in terms of threats to life, health and prosperity, are as acute as ever. But the identities apparently generated by these realities are increasingly detached from material circumstances. At the same time, different identities are needlessly conflated through a process of reeling off a list of -isms and -phobias, and are lumped together, as though these groups all somehow have something in common with one another. Th is process is not just inappropriate but obscures the specific nature of problems being faced. In The Identity Myth, David Swift covers the four different kinds of identity most susceptible to this trend - class, race, sex and age. He considers how the boundaries of identities are policed and how diverse versions of the same identity can be deployed to different ends. Ultimately, it is not that identities are simply more 'complex' than they appear but that there are more important commonalities. In a powerful call to arms, Swift argues that we must unite against these identity myths and embrace our differences to beat inequality.

April the Engineer (Paperback): David Swift April the Engineer (Paperback)
David Swift
R210 R173 Discovery Miles 1 730 Save R37 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Coolness of Josh Lib/E (Standard format, CD, Library Edition): Marc Swift The Coolness of Josh Lib/E (Standard format, CD, Library Edition)
Marc Swift; Produced by Made for Success; Contributions by Joshua David Swift
R1,203 R875 Discovery Miles 8 750 Save R328 (27%) Out of stock
Anorexia, Bulimia, and Compulsive Overeating - A Practical Guide for Counselors and Families (Hardcover): David Swift Anorexia, Bulimia, and Compulsive Overeating - A Practical Guide for Counselors and Families (Hardcover)
David Swift; As told to Kathleen Zraly
R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Out of stock
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