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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... religious dogma' (Lieven 1999: 164). Such selfabsorption, such narcissism, isnaturalto nations. Itis indeed oneof ... religion'. Meinecke was aware of the controversies surrounding this well known.
... religious dogma' (Lieven 1999: 164). Such selfabsorption, such narcissism, isnaturalto nations. Itis indeed oneof ... religion'. Meinecke was aware of the controversies surrounding this well known.
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... religion. These are the things,as Herder says, 'filled withthelife and blood ofour forefathers'.In principle perhaps outsiderscould learn to become part ofagiven culture. In practice cultures are so various,so individual, so separate ...
... religion. These are the things,as Herder says, 'filled withthelife and blood ofour forefathers'.In principle perhaps outsiderscould learn to become part ofagiven culture. In practice cultures are so various,so individual, so separate ...
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... religions. Though there might be occasional attempts at 'Russification' or 'Germanization', thedangers ofthis are usually quickly realized. Typically, empires makelittle effort atcultural or ethnic homogenization. To do so would be ...
... religions. Though there might be occasional attempts at 'Russification' or 'Germanization', thedangers ofthis are usually quickly realized. Typically, empires makelittle effort atcultural or ethnic homogenization. To do so would be ...
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... religious mission to whichthey havebeen called. Hence another name for thiskindofnational belonging is 'missionary nationalism'. 12 The key feature of imperial or missionary nationalism is the attachment of a dominant orcore ethnicgroup ...
... religious mission to whichthey havebeen called. Hence another name for thiskindofnational belonging is 'missionary nationalism'. 12 The key feature of imperial or missionary nationalism is the attachment of a dominant orcore ethnicgroup ...
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... religion,a featurecommon tonearlyall modern societies in thepastcentury orso,was therefore likely tothrow up a profoundchallenge to the Protestantism that had underpinned Britishness for solong.The challengecould be, and was, metbya ...
... religion,a featurecommon tonearlyall modern societies in thepastcentury orso,was therefore likely tothrow up a profoundchallenge to the Protestantism that had underpinned Britishness for solong.The challengecould be, and was, metbya ...
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