Making sense of Brexit

What can we learn about our society and the need to listen to each other in order to make sense of Brexit within a wider world? This accessible book addresses the causes and implications of Brexit, exploring the anger against political elites as people felt estranged from a political process that no longer expressed their will.

About the author

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, at Goldsmiths University of London. His research interests include social theory and philosophy; Marxism and critical theory; moral theory; masculinity and sexual politics, and he has written on social theory, ethics and gender, particularly in relation to men and masculinities. In recent years his writing and research have focused on the cultural memory of particular events, including 9/11 and 7/7, and the ways they might challenge traditional social and cultural languages.

Summary

What can we learn about our society and the need to listen to each other in order to make sense of Brexit within a wider world? This accessible book addresses the causes and implications of Brexit, exploring the anger against political elites as people felt estranged from a political process that no longer expressed their will.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Seidler, Victor (Department of Sociology Seidler
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781447345206
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-4520-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 356 g
• Series: 21st Century Standpoints; 21st Century Standpoints
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education