There Shall Be An Independent Scotland: British And Scottish Nationalism After The 2014 #Indyref

by Malory Nye

Overview

Scottish independence is one of the most significant political debates that has taken place within the UK nation's three hundred year history.

There shall be an independent Scotland, one day.

In all the talk of the 'dust settling' on the issue following the result of the #Indyref in September 2014, it is in fact clear that there is no settled will, and that after the referendum things in Scotland will never be the same again. Everything is still up for grabs, and Malory Nye's prediction is that the issue of independence will be resolved at some point. The real question is whether it will be sooner or later: it may take twenty to thirty years or it may come sooner.

This book is a collection of Nye's thoughts and writings around this topic — including a number of previously published blog posts from the Huffington Post and Medium — in which he tries to find his own way through the entanglements and representations of national identity. Much of this has focused on the 'rise' of Scottish nationalism, whilst quietly ignoring that other nationalism, the love that dares not speak its own name.

That is, the elephant in the room of British nationalism.

Using various examples from the London Olympics, Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, the First Continental (US) Congress, and more, Nye takes us through some of the muddy waters of the contemporary United Kingdom. A unity of nationalisms that needs to find new ways of living at ease with itself. For Nye, this will inevitably lead to a British regionalism that enables Scots and other Brits to be independent on their own terms.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151909082
Publisher:	Malory Nye
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	368 KB

About the Author

MALORY NYE is a writer and independent scholar with research interests in the areas of multiculturalism, religious and cultural diversity, and contemporary society.

He is a Research Scholar at the Ronin Institute.

He is the author of three books, including Religion: the Basics, which he is currently revising for its third edition. He has edited the journal Culture and Religion since 2000, and he blogs on his website, the Huffington Post, and Medium, and he contributes to the Vidoyen expert video site. He is also currently preparing several courses for the online learning platform Udemy.

He has a lifelong passion for the changing landscape of higher eduction, academic life, and the sharing of knowledge. He has recently begun a new podcast series on iTunes titled Religion Bites, together with his podcast Malory Nye: writer & academic.

He lives in Perth, Scotland with his wife and two of his five children.