Category Archives: Reviews & Commentary
BREXIT, Identity, and Global Flows
The English (at least the Anglo-Saxon variety) have had an uneasy relationship with the Continent since, say, 1066, so the recent BREXIT vote has been brewing awhile. Nativism, nationalism, even racism—all these and more have driven this vote, but perhaps … Continue reading
Clarence Page: America’s “Anxious Class”
“For better or worse,” writes Clarence Page, “effective politics is often nothing more than an effective appeal to the resentments of those who vote in large numbers, directed against a target group that doesn’t.” This comes from his essay “Politics: … Continue reading
Not As Divided As We Seem?
Are we, as President Obama said at the memorial for fallen Dallas police officers, “Not as divided as we seem”? On the one hand, I see more and more whites at protests over police shootings of young black men, and recently … Continue reading →