ENCHANTED GLASS PA (RADIUS BKS)

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ISBN: 9780091729554 | 0091729556
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 3/17/1989

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In this acclaimed meditation on the British state, its identity and culture, Tom Nairn sees the monarchy both as its apex and its essence, the symbol of a national backwardness. This powerful, analytical, and bitterly funny book lays bare Britain#xE2;#xAC;"s peculiar, pseudo-modern, national identity, one that remains fixated on the Crown and its constitutional framework, the #xE2;#xAC;Sparliamentary sovereignty#xE2;#xAC; of Westminster.

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Foreword
The Mystery
A People's Monarchy	p. 19
Are We All Mad?	p. 23
Mystic Significance of a Small Bald Patch	p. 25
Royalty and Fashion	p. 29
Royalty Versus Celebrity	p. 34
In the Doll's House: Crawfie Lives	p. 36
What Are They Really Like?	p. 43
Taboo-supported Niceness	p. 46
Taboo and Idiot-Theory	p. 50
Royalty and Civilization: the Mystery Deepens	p. 55
Respectable and Popular Monarchy	p. 59
Queenspeak	p. 62
The Royal Touch	p. 71
Regal Walkabout	p. 74
Imponderable Insipidities	p. 80
Tea With The Queen	p. 84
Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: Ukania	p. 88
The Nation
A Special Explanation	p. 101
Digression on Family Pets	p. 103
'Disavowal'	p. 111
Sociology of Grovelling	p. 115
Sociology of Grovelling, Part 2	p. 120
Enchantment in Retrospect	p. 124
Monarchy and Nationalism	p. 127
English Nationality	p. 131
Leviathan and Later	p. 137
Kings at Nightfall	p. 142
'Parliamentary Sovereignty'	p. 144
The Modern Venice	p. 151
The Containment of Modernity	p. 156
The Modernization of George III	p. 163
Folklore From Above	p. 174
The Royal Etiquette-lesson	p. 189
Playing the Royal Game	p. 197
The Heart of Archaism	p. 203
The Glamour of Backwardness
Bustard Identity	p. 213
Nationalism in Satin Breeches	p. 216
A So-called English Prince	p. 222
All Manner of Folk	p. 226
The Nerves of Fetishism	p. 234
The Outward-looking and the Backward-looking	p. 246
The Royal Bomb: Implosions of Greatness	p. 251
'Class': the Totem-shadow	p. 260
The Monarchy of Letters	p. 269
Speech and Silence of the Crown: Spectrogram of Greatness	p. 277
Kitsch Identity: Sinuosity of the Truly Royal	p. 291
Estates of the Realm	p. 298
The Royal Prerogative	p. 315
Quiet Republicanism
From Bang to Whimper	p. 325
'Getting Rid of it Altogether'	p. 331
Pseudo-Feudal Socialism	p. 339
T.S. Eliot and Clap-trap: Fathomable Givenness	p. 345
Bagehot: Dressing up the Mace	p. 356
Chief Malefactor: 'The English Constitution'	p. 360
Sooner Than One Thinks	p. 371
Endless Dream-time?	p. 377
Index	p. 403
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