Affective Polarisation

Jana Gohrisch is Professor of British and Postcolonial Studies at Leibniz University Hannover. Gesa Stedman is Professor of British Culture and Literature at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

• Introduction – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch1. The Divided Left in the UK: Partisanship, Ideology, and Class After Brexit – Paolo Chiocchetti2. Populism and the People: Elitism, Authoritarianism and Libertarianism – Kirsten Forkert and Marius Guderjan3. “Coloring the Utterance With Some Kind of Perceivable Affect.” Constructing ‘Country’ and ‘People’ in Speeches by Theresa May and Boris Johnson: A Linguistic Perspective – Rainer Schulze4. The Challenges of Polarisation: Lessons for (Re)politicising Inequality Across Four English Towns – Insa Koch, Mark Fransham, Sarah Cant, Jill Ebrey, Luna Glucksberg, Mike Savage5. ‘Go Away, but Don’t Leave Us.’ Affective Polarisation and the Precarisation of Romanian Essential Workers in the UK – Anisia Petcu6. Racialised Affective Polarisation in the UK – Jana Gohrisch7. “Now You Have To Listen”: A Historical Analysis of Britain’s Left-Behind Communities – Harvey Butterfield8. Britain in a State of Emergency – Studying Ken Loach’s Films I, Daniel Blake (2016) and Sorry We Missed You (2019) – Ellen Grünkemeier9. Cloaking Class – Making the Working Class Visible – Lisa McKenzie10. Class, Poverty and Inequality in Scotland: Independence and the Creation of Affective Polarisations – Carlo Morelli and Gerry Mooney11. Language and Identity – the Taliesin Tradition – Ifor Ap GlynConclusion – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch

“This edited book is essential for anyone interested in social, ethnic and gender inequalities in contemporary Britain. It approaches the topic from different disciplines, painting a critical and nuanced picture.” Isabelle Hertner, King’s College London