The Making of English National IdentityCambridge University Press, 2003 M03 13 Why is English national identity so enigmatic and so elusive? Why, unlike the Scots, Welsh, Irish and most of continental Europe, do the English find it so difficult to say who they are? The Making of English National Identity, first published in 2003, is a fascinating exploration of Englishness and what it means to be English. Drawing on historical, sociological and literary theory, Krishan Kumar examines the rise of English nationalism and issues of race and ethnicity from earliest times to the present day. He argues that the long history of the English as an imperial people has, as with other imperial people like the Russians and the Austrians, developed a sense of missionary nationalism which in the interests of unity and empire has necessitated the repression of ordinary expressions of nationalism. Professor Kumar's lively and provocative approach challenges readers to reconsider their pre-conceptions about national identity and who the English really are. |
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... character). This nativereticence was notmodesty; indeed the opposite.The English tookpride,as did the Romans ofold, in their role as empirebuilders. They saw themselves as engaged in the development anddiffusion of civilizational ...
... character). This nativereticence was notmodesty; indeed the opposite.The English tookpride,as did the Romans ofold, in their role as empirebuilders. They saw themselves as engaged in the development anddiffusion of civilizational ...
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... character'. With alltheirpitfalls they are invaluable in helpingus understand 'Englishness' and English national identity. My account begins from a different direction but I shall have plenty of occasion to refer totheseofferings ...
... character'. With alltheirpitfalls they are invaluable in helpingus understand 'Englishness' and English national identity. My account begins from a different direction but I shall have plenty of occasion to refer totheseofferings ...
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... character publishedin 1941, George Orwell confessed to some difficultyof nomenclature. 'We callour islands bynoless than sixdifferent names, England, Britain, Great Britain, theBritish Isles, theUnited Kingdom and, in very exalted ...
... character publishedin 1941, George Orwell confessed to some difficultyof nomenclature. 'We callour islands bynoless than sixdifferent names, England, Britain, Great Britain, theBritish Isles, theUnited Kingdom and, in very exalted ...
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... from these questions are all coming down. One consequenceofthis isthatwe must, initiallyat least, lay aside the traditionalapproaches toEnglishnational identity. These have tended to consider the character of 'Englishness' from.
... from these questions are all coming down. One consequenceofthis isthatwe must, initiallyat least, lay aside the traditionalapproaches toEnglishnational identity. These have tended to consider the character of 'Englishness' from.
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... character' or 'the English people'. Ofsuch a kind arethe famous worksof cultural analysis,such as Priestley's English Journey and Orwell's TheEnglish People. Invaluable astheyare, they cannot be our starting point.They takeforgranted ...
... character' or 'the English people'. Ofsuch a kind arethe famous worksof cultural analysis,such as Priestley's English Journey and Orwell's TheEnglish People. Invaluable astheyare, they cannot be our starting point.They takeforgranted ...
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