ABSTRACT The 2016 referendum result with a majority for Brexit came as a surprise to many in metropolitan centres. Deep divisions were exposed that appeared to have largely been hidden from those centres. In the wake of this, many explanations were put forward: perhaps most importantly, the notion of ‘post-truth’ gained a new prominence. The paper argues that post-truth could be said to depend upon notions of virality, contagion and harks back to founding work in social psychology relating to Le Bon’s work on crowds. In doing so, it concentrates on issues of class, especially in relation to affect and working-class voters. It does so by referring to a small funded study with two South Wales communities, exploring their views on and their demands and desires after Brexit. Considering the outcomes of that work leads to the discussion of the affective histories and practices of the communities involved and asks how we might research working class histories and practices in a non-pathologising way. The paper concludes with a discussion of some examples of approaches that provide suggestive ways forward for future research in this field.

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“没人听我们的”：后真相、影响和英国退欧

摘要 2016 年英国脱欧公投结果出乎很多人的意料。严重的分歧被暴露出来，而这些分歧似乎在很大程度上被这些中心所掩盖。在此之后，提出了许多解释：也许最重要的是，“后真相”的概念获得了新的突出地位。这篇论文认为，后真相可以说取决于病毒式传播、传染性的概念，并且可以追溯到与勒庞关于人群的工作相关的社会心理学的创始工作。在这样做时，它专注于阶级问题，特别是与影响和工人阶级选民有关的问题。它通过引用与两个南威尔士社区进行的一项小型资助研究来做到这一点，探讨他们对英国退欧后的看法以及他们的要求和愿望。考虑到这项工作的结果，会引发对相关社区的情感历史和实践的讨论，并询问我们如何以非病态的方式研究工人阶级的历史和实践。本文最后讨论了一些方法示例，这些示例为该领域的未来研究提供了建议性的方法。