What Brexit Means - An Anthropology of Polarization and Cultural Change in Britain

What Brexit Means explores the rise of populism in Britain. Drawing on several years of ethnographic fieldwork amongst ideologically committed Brexit activists, it examines the discourse of populism across language, culture, politics, psychology, and cognition.

List of contents

1. Introduction: What Brexit Means, 2. Chapter One: Britain's Sacred? Sacrifice, Renewal, and the 2019 December General Election, 3. Chapter Two: Britain Alone: Readings on Myth, Fantasy, and Reality, 4. Chapter Three: Carnival and Critique: Towards a Structural-Functionalist Reading of Brexit, 5. Chapter Four: Populist Man as Philosopher: How Magical Consciousness Shapes Conspiracy Fantasy, 6. Conclusion: Brexit Means Brexit

About the author

Max Horder is a cognitive anthropologist working on issues of belief, trust, and identity in modern Europe. He received his PhD in Anthropology at Princeton University for his work on populism in Britain.

Summary

What Brexit Means explores the rise of populism in Britain. Drawing on several years of ethnographic fieldwork amongst ideologically committed Brexit activists, it examines the discourse of populism across language, culture, politics, psychology, and cognition.

Product details

• Authors: Max Horder
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032602936
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260293-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Anthropology of Now
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural anthropology, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, EU (European Union)