Affective Polarisation (eBook)

Jana Gohrisch is Professor of British and Postcolonial Studies at Leibniz University Hannover. Gesa Stedman is Professor of British Culture and Literature at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Introduction – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch
1. The Divided Left in the UK: Partisanship, Ideology, and Class After Brexit – Paolo Chiocchetti
2. Populism and the People: Elitism, Authoritarianism and Libertarianism – Kirsten Forkert and Marius Guderjan
3. “Coloring the Utterance With Some Kind of Perceivable Affect.” Constructing ‘Country’ and ‘People’ in Speeches by Theresa May and Boris Johnson: A Linguistic Perspective – Rainer Schulze
4. The Challenges of Polarisation: Lessons for (Re)politicising Inequality Across Four English Towns – Insa Koch, Mark Fransham, Sarah Cant, Jill Ebrey, Luna Glucksberg, Mike Savage
5. ‘Go Away, but Don’t Leave Us.’ Affective Polarisation and the Precarisation of Romanian Essential Workers in the UK – Anisia Petcu
6. Racialised Affective Polarisation in the UK – Jana Gohrisch
7. “Now You Have To Listen”: A Historical Analysis of Britain’s Left-Behind Communities – Harvey Butterfield
8. Britain in a State of Emergency – Studying Ken Loach’s Films I, Daniel Blake (2016) and Sorry We Missed You (2019) – Ellen Grünkemeier
9. Cloaking Class – Making the Working Class Visible – Lisa McKenzie
10. Class, Poverty and Inequality in Scotland: Independence and the Creation of Affective Polarisations – Carlo Morelli and Gerry Mooney
11. Language and Identity – the Taliesin Tradition – Ifor Ap Glyn
Conclusion – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch