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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... Modern Society: New Theoriesof the Contemporary World (1995), Utopiaand AntiUtopiain Modern Times (1987) and 1989: RevolutionaryIdeas andIdeals(2001). Cambridge Cultural Social Studies Series editors Jeffrey C. Alexander Department.
... Modern Society: New Theoriesof the Contemporary World (1995), Utopiaand AntiUtopiain Modern Times (1987) and 1989: RevolutionaryIdeas andIdeals(2001). Cambridge Cultural Social Studies Series editors Jeffrey C. Alexander Department.
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... Modern English Usage, is likelyto strike achordin the heartof every native Englishman(ifnot all Englishwomen). It is natural,saysFowler, to speakof theBritish Commonwealthor the British navy or Britishtrade, andtoboast that Britonsnever ...
... Modern English Usage, is likelyto strike achordin the heartof every native Englishman(ifnot all Englishwomen). It is natural,saysFowler, to speakof theBritish Commonwealthor the British navy or Britishtrade, andtoboast that Britonsnever ...
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... modern states have itasamatterof necessity –butitis 'a weirdly atypical formation',a'non national nationalism' compounded of anachronistic andarchaic traits, of whichworship of themonarchy is the principal element (Nairn 1994: 102,127 ...
... modern states have itasamatterof necessity –butitis 'a weirdly atypical formation',a'non national nationalism' compounded of anachronistic andarchaic traits, of whichworship of themonarchy is the principal element (Nairn 1994: 102,127 ...
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... modern political communities, Americanand British asmuch as German or Ukrainian, are, saysYack, culturally based.That we choose toemphasize 'politics' inthe one case and 'ethnicity' inthe other are bothexpressions ofthe same ...
... modern political communities, Americanand British asmuch as German or Ukrainian, are, saysYack, culturally based.That we choose toemphasize 'politics' inthe one case and 'ethnicity' inthe other are bothexpressions ofthe same ...
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... modern, that was not possessed of some senseofits mission in theworld, some conviction that its rule existedinthe service ofa higher ideal than mere power and advantage.Thisis clear enoughin the case of the Chinese and Roman empires, as ...
... modern, that was not possessed of some senseofits mission in theworld, some conviction that its rule existedinthe service ofa higher ideal than mere power and advantage.Thisis clear enoughin the case of the Chinese and Roman empires, as ...
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