Brexitspeak : Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy / Paul Chilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chilton, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Rhetoric.

Nationalism--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Nationalism.

Populism--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Populism.

Democracy--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Democracy.

Public opinion--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Public opinion.

European Union--Great Britain.

European Union.

European Union--Public opinion, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make sense of the phenomenon of Brexit without understanding how language was used - and misused - in the historical context that produced the 2016 referendum result. This interdisciplinary book shows how the particular idea of 'the British people' was maintained through text and talk at different levels of society over the years following World War II, and mobilised by Brexit propagandists in a socially, economically and culturally divided polity. The author argues that we need the well-defined tools of linguistics and language philosophy, tied in with a political science framework, to understand a serious, modern concept of demagoguery. Written in an accessible manner, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to probe the social, political and ideational contexts that generated Brexit

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108893329

1108893325

9781108899819

1108899811

9781108892681

110889268X