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University of Wales Press Why Wales Never Was: The Failure of Welsh Nationalism
Written as an act of protest in a Welsh-speaking community in north-west Wales, Why Wales Never Was combines a devastating analysis of the historical failure of Welsh nationalism with an apocalyptic vision of a non-Welsh future. It is the ‘progressive’ nature of Welsh politics and the ‘empire of the civic’, which rejects both language and culture, that prevents the colonised from rising up against his colonial master. Wales will always be a subjugated nation until modes of thought, dominant since the nineteenth century, are overturned. Originally a comment on Welsh acquiescence to Britishness at the time of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the book’s emphasis on the importance of European culture is a parable for Brexit times. Both deeply rooted in Welsh culture and European in scope, Why Wales Never Was brings together history, philosophy and politics in a way never tried before in Wales. First published in Welsh in 2015, Why Wales Never Was affirms the author’s reputation as one of the most radical writers in Wales today.
£16.99
University of Wales Press Hanes Cymry: Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig a'r Gwareiddiad Cymraeg
Mae'r gyfrol arloesol hon yn cyflawni dwy amcan. Yn gyntaf - ac am y tro cyntaf - mae'n cynnwys hanes lleiafrifoedd ethnig oddi mewn i'r diwylliant Cymraeg, a hynny o ddyddiau Macsen Wledig hyd heddiw. Yn ail, mae'n dehongli amlethnigrwydd o safbwynt Cymraeg yn hytrach na Saesneg, sy'n arwain at y cwestiwn, 'Pwy yw'r Cymry?' Yn ogystal a'r hanes cyffredinol, ceir penodau am y Sipsiwn Cymreig, Gwyddelod yng Nghymru, amlethnigrwydd cefn gwlad, y Cymry fel lleiafrif ethnig yn Lloegr, a hiliaeth yn erbyn pobl ddu. O ran ei syniadaeth, mae'r gyfrol yn neilltuol gyffrous, a thrafodir pethau mor amrywiol a chenedlaetholdeb a hil, perthynas y Cymry a threfedigaethedd a chaethwasiaeth, Saeson Cymraeg, gwleidyddiaeth iaith, ac amrywiaeth mewnol mewn diwylliannau lleiafrifol. Daw'r gyfrol i ben gan ofyn ai'r Cymry yw pobl frodorol Ynys Prydain. Mae'r cwbl yn rhan o brosiect ehangach yr awdur i geisio ailddehongli'r diwylliant Cymraeg o'i gwr.
£19.99
University of Wales Press Pam na fu Cymru: Methiant Cenedlaetholdeb Cymraeg
During the nineteenth century, the Age of Nationalism, small stateless nations all over Europe developed successful national movements which demanded rights for minority language communities. One of the central questions of Welsh history is why this didn’t happen in Wales. Welsh patriotism emphasised radicalism and liberalism, which subsumed Wales within the discourse of British progressive politics. Liberalism promotes majoritarian identities, and in Wales is a key component of British hegemony. Wales in the nineteenth century was more liberal and radical than almost any other country in Europe. Contrary to the popular view that this was a boost for Welsh nationalism, Pam na fu Cymru (Why Wales never happened) shows that this was the very reason for its failure.
£16.99
University of Wales Press O Dan Lygaid y Gestapo: Yr Oleuedigaeth Gymraeg a Theori Lenyddol yng Nghymru
A scholarly, theoretical discussion about the resemblance between the history of enlightenment in Europe and the intellectual history of welsh-speaking Wales in the 20th century, comprising of a new insight into the work of such figures as R.T. Jenkins, John Gwilym Jones and Hywel Teifi Edwards.
£7.01
