English Nationalism and British Disintegration

Ben Wellings, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Monash University, Australia

Ben Wellings is an Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and is the Faculty of Arts' Director of International Partnerships. His research interests include the politics of nationalism in the United Kingdom and the European Union, and the international politics of the Anglosphere. He is a regular analyst of British and European politics for Australian and international media.

Introduction: English Nationalism-'A Bit UnBritish'Part I. Definitions and Concepts1. Nationalism: The Discursive Legitimization of Sovereignty2. Crises of the Old Order: Nationalism and European Disintegrations3. 'That thing continuing through history that still is': England and British DisintegrationsPart II. Rump Britain4. England's Brexit: English Nationalism and European Disintegration5. Interdependence after Europe: Nationalisms and English Unionism6. Ghost in the Machine: England's Global PandemicPart III. Global England7. A Certain Nostalgic Logic: English Nationalism and Global Britain8. Queen of the World: Monarchy and the Occlusion of English Nationalism9. Culture Wars: England and the Anglosphere's War on WokeConclusion: English Nationalism and British Disintegration