The Deculturalisation of the English People
The Rev. John Lovejoy

In Australia the author witnessed the sad fate of Aborigines who have had their culture and communal life shattered. He saw how, despite immense difficulties, the Aborigines cling to a shared identity and struggle to recover and breathe new life into a set of values and a way of life known to their ancestors. On his return to England, he saw the English facing a similar process of deculturalisation but lacking the will to resist or reverse it.

The young have no sense of who they are or where they are from. The English are not doing those things that are necessary to maintain a distinct culture and way of life. English identity is neglected and being left to crumble. Worse still, Englishness is actively discouraged and in its place we are offered Britishness and the glitter of an easy and superficial Western identity. Deculturalisation is revealed in the inability of many, and especially the young, to be able to answer the questions, Who am I? What do I believe? Where do I belong? Who am I loyal to?

Everywhere we see the loss of communal values and perceptions. John Lovejoy gives reasons for the deculturalisation of the English and points to the remedy.

£4.95 A5 ISBN 1-903313-00-7 80pp