I Heart Politics - Why Fandom Explains What's Really Going On

About the author

Phoenix Andrews is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and researcher. Their expertise in politics, fandom, popular culture and digital culture has seen them published in The Times, Independent, Slate, Prospect, New Statesman and other publications, and interviewed by BBC World Service, Times Radio and podcasts galore.

Summary

Taking readers on an irresistible adventure through some of the most colourful, outrageous and polarising events of recent years - from Brexit to the Capitol Hill Riots and QAnon rallies to Extinction Rebellion protests - Phoenix Andrews shows how if we want to understand what's really happening behind the headlines we need to think about one overlooked phenomenon: fandom.

I Heart Politics is a surprising response to the zeitgeist and a brilliant illustration of how, when it comes to many of the most important and polarising issues of our time, we're much less rational creatures than we'd like to believe.

Foreword

A dazzlingly original and utterly unforgettable guide to the new force shaping politics and current affairs: fandom.

Product details

• Authors: Phoenix Andrews
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.09.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9781838954215
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-421-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political activism, Social & political philosophy, Political science and theory, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections and referenda