Finlayson, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-349X
(2019)
The Metaphysics of Brexit.
Third Text, 32 (5-6).
pp. 598-604.
ISSN 0952-8822
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Abstract
In this article, I consider Brexit as the expression of a more general ideology – Brexitism – which I explore through commentary upon a series of quotations drawn from speeches, newspapers, propaganda material and social media. This method is appropriate because Brexitism is itself a kind of quotation – a repetition of half-remembered actual and fictional past political gestures – which allude to something deeper. Exploring fragments which illustrate three different elements of Brexitist ideology – Heroism, Time and Distinction – I suggest that these can be read as expressions of an underlying, dynamic and ‘productive’ conceptual field, similar to what Max Weber described as a ‘stand toward the world’. This is the ‘metaphysics of Brexit’ apart from which it cannot be fully understood.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Issue: Lost in Europe: In the Wake of Britain’s Inner Emigration |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | alan finlayson,brexit,brexitism,political ideologies,political ideas,political rhetoric,weber,ukip,farage,conservatism,alt-right |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies |
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Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2018 16:31 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:50 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69147 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09528822.2018.1548834 |
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