Mintchev, N;
Moore, HL;
(2019)
Brexit’s identity politics and the question of subjectivity.
Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
, 24
pp. 452-472.
10.1057/s41282-019-00139-3.
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Abstract
This article is about the socially divisive consequences of the UK’s 2016 referendum on membership in the European Union. Rather than redressing the country’s long-standing class divisions, the referendum has exacerbated them by fuelling negative stereotypes and mutual accusations between Leave and Remain supporters. Drawing on psychoanalytic theories of subjectivity, the article argues that support for Leave and Remain is structured by circulations of affect, fantasies of the good life and psychic investments in different experiences of immigration, nationalism, and social and economic inequality.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Brexit’s identity politics and the question of subjectivity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41282-019-00139-3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-019-00139-3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | affect, immigration, nationalism, inequality, ressentiment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083677 |
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