This book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises and conflicts, from the multiplying varieties of social dissent through the stagnation of rentier capitalism to the looming climate catastrophe.
Examining arguments about Brexit, class and ‘race’, and the changing character of the state, the book is underpinned by a transnational and relational conception of the UK. It t...
Table of Content
Introduction: The Battle for Britain and Conjunctural Thinking
1. Nations, Nationalisms and the Conjuncture
2. Turbulent Times: The Making of the Present
Pa...
About the author
John Clarke is a Professor Emeritus at The Open University and a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow. His research and writing have explored the contemporary transformations...