Overview
- Puts forward an Idealist-Socialist position; a synthesis of British Idealist, Socialist, and Socialist Pluralist thought
- Promotes the re-invigoration of civil society intermediary associations and a commitment to the Common Good
- Positioned with the framing of a Progressive Nationalism which can together challenge alienation
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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Keywords
- Multiculturalism
- Class politics
- British working class
- populism
- nationalism
- left wing politics
About this book
This book explores the possibility of alienation amongst the British working-class and argues that the class is, in fact, alienated. Its point of departure is the right-communitarians, who outline how the working class has become alienated as a result of a loss of its political agency, the breakdown of its communities, and the undermining of its dignity. However, where these scholars tend to propose solutions from a right-communitarian perspective, this book adopts a more inclusive, left-wing, position to address working-class concerns.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Sam Taylor Hill is an academic based at the University of Bristol, UK, focused on working-class issues in contemporary Britain. His thesis, titled Building a Community of Equals: Challenging Alienation in the British Working-Class presented a challenge to the prominent right-communitarian discourse on working-class issues and advocated for a Progressive Nationalism rooted in the ideas articulated by the Bristol School of Multiculturalism. His main research focuses look at late-19th and early-20th century political theory in the form of British Idealism and Guild and Ethical Socialism, the nature of alienation and its relevance again within contemporary society, and the place and usefulness of the ‘white working-class’ within multicultural and progressive frameworks.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Challenging Alienation in the British Working-Class
Book Subtitle: Building a Community of Equals
Authors: Sam Taylor Hill
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59249-2Due: 07 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59252-2Due: 07 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-59250-8Due: 07 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 274