My Love, I’d Do Anything for You: Recognizing Ideology
Morrissey’s My Love, I’d Do Anything for You dismantles the illusion of freedom, exposing ideology as a cage we mistake for choice.
Irish Blood, English Heart: A Nationalism That Rejects Nationalism
Morrissey’s Irish Blood, English Heart rejects both imperial nostalgia and national guilt, searching for an identity beyond left vs. right.
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel: Rejecting Political Salvation
Morrissey’s The Edges Are No Longer Parallel marks his rejection of political hope, mirroring Žižek’s critique of ideological entrapment.
I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday: Hope Before the Fall
Morrissey’s I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday captures hope before its co-optation by New Labour—an optimism later reduced to branding.
We’ll Let You Know: Mediating National Identity Through Fantasy
Morrissey’s We’ll Let You Know mourns a lost Britain, where real bonds fade and nationalism becomes a desperate substitute for belonging.
Glamorous Glue: Nostalgia, Capitalism, and the Death of England
Morrissey’s ‘Glamorous Glue’ isn’t just a lament for England—it’s an anti-capitalist critique of culture, alienation, and the death of real identity.
Margaret on the Guillotine: The Death of Thatcherite Britain
Morrissey’s Margaret on the Guillotine isn’t just anti-Thatcher—it’s a radical rejection of neoliberal Britain.