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David Goodhart: “The Queen was able to reconcile a Britain divided between 'somewhere' and 'anywhere'”

2022-09-19T11:43:48.627Z


INTERVIEW – The British political scientist believes that the death of Elizabeth II, in line with Brexit, could lead Britain to reassess its role in the world.


British journalist and essayist, David Goodhart notably published

The Two Clans: The New World Fracture

(Les Arènes, 2019), in which he theorized the opposition between Somewheres and Anywheres.

LE FIGARO.

- In your books, you describe a society divided between the "people from somewhere" (the

"

somewheres

"

, the losers of globalization) and the "people from anywhere" (the

"

anywhere

"

, winners of globalization ).

Was the queen nevertheless the cement of the nation and an element of reconciliation between all the English, whatever their social class?

For sure.

The role played by the monarchy, that of emphasizing national rituals and everyday national identity, is one of its main justifications, but also one of the important grounds for protest by the minority. republican.

Modern, secular and diverse democracies need all the help they can get to create spaces that transcend…

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Source: lefigaro

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