John Hunt Publishing - Chronos Books - announces the new title
Being British Our Once and Future Selves Chris Parish Being British: Our Once & Future Selves is a journey into British culture and identity today, outlining a welcome new story for ourselves in these times of lack of belonging. It's a book for the liberally minded, and those who feel themselves to be post-traditional, not defined by nationality. The book takes a thought-provoking angle, which is neither Left nor Right, but instead brings the novel lens of a developmental view. It connects the dots between past, present and future, integrating the shadow side, and draws on many unusual examples. This is a fresh story of what it means to be British, where the author is included in the narrative. Without being nostalgic, it restores a sense of rootedness and helps us appreciate our British qualities, incrementally built over a millennium and a half. It celebrates being British as elective and not based on race, and demonstrates how to have pride in our nationality in a post-traditional way. Author Bio Chris Parish is passionate about British culture and identity, having spent years studying the subject. He directed a UK charity for over two decades and is an accomplished speaker on human development. Endorsements This is a sane, witty and shrewd picture of British identity—neither cynical nor paranoid, which is quite an achievement. Chris Parish sketches very skilfully the history and habits that make up this many-layered identity and gives us some essential tools for working out what we can properly celebrate, what we should properly regret and what we might reasonably hope for—what a mature sense of national self-esteem might look like. Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, theologian, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge Promotional Plans Author website and social media. Local book store launch. Online interviews and podcasts, Conscious TV, Simon on the Sofa. USP Enables sensitive liberal Brits to feel proud of being British without being nationalistic. Competing Books The English: Portrait of a People (9780141032955), by Jeremy Paxman Penguin, 2007 Categories HISTORY(HIS015000) -> Europe(HIS015000) -> Great Britain(HIS015000) SOCIAL SCIENCE(SOC022000) -> Popular Culture(SOC022000) SOCIAL SCIENCE(SOC053000) -> Regional Studies(SOC053000)	Publication Date June 2016 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78535-328-4 $29.95  |  £16.99 8.5x5.5 inches | 216x140 mm 352PP e-book ISBN: 978-1-78535-329-1 $9.99  |  £6.99 Library of Congress 2015956007
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