Cultivating political and public identity

This bold and original study looks at the performance of identity in the public sphere, using the concept of 'plumage' to capture the countless elements that go together to make up a shared identity.

Rodney Barker is Emeritus Professor of Government at LSE and Emeritus Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College

1 Introduction2 Plumage3 Cultivating identity 4 Top people are different: association and distinction in politics and religion5 Caps of liberty: the oddity of democracy6 Reformations, revolutions, continuity, and counter-reformations7 The plumage of Britannia8 ConclusionIndex