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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Krishan Kumar. Britain seems to be the most ancient of the relevant terms. 5 It was first recorded by the Greeks of the fourth century BC as the name of the Celts who lived in western Europe's largest offshore island. The Romans turned the ...
Krishan Kumar. Britain seems to be the most ancient of the relevant terms. 5 It was first recorded by the Greeks of the fourth century BC as the name of the Celts who lived in western Europe's largest offshore island. The Romans turned the ...
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... The Scots, in the form ofA.G. Macdonell'scomic novel, England, Their England (1933), castanaffectionate andnot toobaleful eye on their idiosyncratic neighbour. But it was the native English themselves who produced thebest example of the ...
... The Scots, in the form ofA.G. Macdonell'scomic novel, England, Their England (1933), castanaffectionate andnot toobaleful eye on their idiosyncratic neighbour. But it was the native English themselves who produced thebest example of the ...
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... the famous observation that 'England [sic] resembles a family . . . a family with the wrong members incontrol' (Orwell1970a: 83, 88). Few scholarstoday would approach the subject –ifthey dare ... was replaced by a more critical account.
... the famous observation that 'England [sic] resembles a family . . . a family with the wrong members incontrol' (Orwell1970a: 83, 88). Few scholarstoday would approach the subject –ifthey dare ... was replaced by a more critical account.
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Krishan Kumar. and 'modernizing' role was replaced by a more critical account which emphasized dependence, inequality and exploitation in the relations between core and periphery; but it did nothing to shake the impression thatBritish ...
Krishan Kumar. and 'modernizing' role was replaced by a more critical account which emphasized dependence, inequality and exploitation in the relations between core and periphery; but it did nothing to shake the impression thatBritish ...
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Krishan Kumar. A late but important element in the shaping of these volumes was the substitution of “British” for “English” in the subtitle. We had started with the second. For History Workshop, as forothers, it had all kinds of pleasant ...
Krishan Kumar. A late but important element in the shaping of these volumes was the substitution of “British” for “English” in the subtitle. We had started with the second. For History Workshop, as forothers, it had all kinds of pleasant ...
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