The Lives and Afterlives of Enoch Powell: The Undying Political Animal

ISBN-13: 9780367786410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 194 str.

Olivier Esteves; Stéphane Porion

Opis

50 years after Powell’s self-styled detonation in his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, this volume brings together contributions from international scholars with insights from hitherto unexplored archives.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 : The Powell Effect in British Politics and Society

1. ‘Powell and After: Immigration, Race and Politics in Britain’







R. Ford









2. ‘Wrathful rememberers : harnessing the memory of World War II in letters of support to Powell







O. Esteves








Part 2 : Powell and the Press









3. ‘Powell and the media : an insider’s account’







N. Jones









4. ‘An international press view of the Powell Moment (1968-1973)’







O. Esteves








Part 3 : Reterritorialising Powell









5. ‘The rise of the Runnymede Trust : Enoch Powell and the media wars’







B. Bebber









6. ‘Enoch Powell, British Nationality and The Irish Question (1968-1987)’







D. Shiels








　





Part 4 : Powellism and Conservative Politics









7. ‘Enoch Powell, Julian Amery and Debates over Britain’s world role after 1945’







P. Corthorn









8. ‘The End of an Intellectual Journey: How Alfred Sherman’s Ideas on Immigration and the British Nation were Framed by Powellism (1968-1979)’







S. Porion








Part 5 : Powellism and Nativist Right Politics









9. ‘"Enoch was right" – The Powell Effect on the National Front in the 1970s’







S. Porion









10. ‘The ambivalence of UKIP towards Enoch Powell’s legacy’

K. Tournier-Sol

Conclusion

Index

O autorze

Olivier Esteves is Professor of British Studies at the University of Lille, France.

Stéphane Porion is senior lecturer in British Studies at the University of Tours, France.