What is Brutishness The 2008 credit crunch and the collapse of the housing market, along with rapidly rising unemployment and bank failures, have suddenly brought back into focus the whole question of where Britain is going, politically, culturally and economically. What it means to be British, and what are British values, are issues that cannot be avoided. After a boom that lasted ten years everyone was feeling quite smug about superior Britain, but not anymore. Brexit was meant to be a new start but it isn't working
What does it mean to be British, and how do you define it? This is a fundamental question that is rather difficult to answer. This book sets out to examine the ideas of ''Britishness'', where they came from, what they mean historically and where we are at today. From Tudor royalty to city surveillance, the culture of Britishness is described, defined and debated. UP THE BRITISH argues that the idea of Britishness is contradictory, nostalgic, sentimental and very confused, which is why Britain is in such a peculiar state today. From Lords to louts the whole culture is given a work-out.
