bs2> .. #BritishMonarchy.. the persistence of.. #OldRegime.. excerpts from #TomNairn’s The #EnchantedGlass.. offer a republican antidote to Jubilee kitsch and state-sponsored #sycophancy..
> We see two contradictory views.. of #Monarchy.. it is all-important, and of no real importance.. capable of provoking a nation-wide taboo, frothing hysteria and death-threats is also an innocent, prettily-staged ceremonial no serious #British intellect need worry about.
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5364-the-sociology-of-grovelling
#TomNairn
> We see two contradictory views.. of #Monarchy.. it is all-important, and of no real importance.. capable of provoking a nation-wide taboo, frothing hysteria and death-threats is also an innocent, prettily-staged ceremonial no serious #British intellect need worry about.
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5364-the-sociology-of-grovelling
#TomNairn
The Sociology of Grovelling
The toast of Tory and Labour leaders alike, the British Monarchy offers eloquent testimony to the persistence of the country’s Old Regime. These excerpts from Tom Nairn’s The Enchanted Glass, first published during the cultural reaction of the Thatcher years, offer a republican antidote to Jubilee kitsch and state-sponsored sycophancy.