Abstract
In 2011, Owen Jones, Guardian columnist and identitarian leftist, published Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. In the book Jones lays bare the chattering classes disdain for ordinary people. “It seems” he writes “as though working-class people are the one group in society that you can say practically anything about.” Chavs was lauded a significant work, The New York Times called it “a work of passion, sympathy and moral grace.”
But 2011 seems such a long, long time ago. So long ago that Jones appears to have forgotten he actually wrote it.
But 2011 seems such a long, long time ago. So long ago that Jones appears to have forgotten he actually wrote it.
Original language | English |
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Specialist publication | carltonbrick.net |
Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2020 |
Keywords
- Identity politics
- Woke
- Covid 19
- Coronavirus