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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... common acceptance, the Frenchwho during the course of their late eighteenthcentury revolutionfirst fully enunciatedtheprinciples of thepolitical nation (see, e.g., Kamenka 1973b; Brubaker1992: 35; Hobsbawm 1992:18–22; Alter 1994:9 ...
... common acceptance, the Frenchwho during the course of their late eighteenthcentury revolutionfirst fully enunciatedtheprinciples of thepolitical nation (see, e.g., Kamenka 1973b; Brubaker1992: 35; Hobsbawm 1992:18–22; Alter 1994:9 ...
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... common culture anda common ethnicity. Thecultural nationis defined by what itconsiders really binds people together: notthe 'superficial'ties of political citizenshipbut the deep ties of history, language,literature and religion. These ...
... common culture anda common ethnicity. Thecultural nationis defined by what itconsiders really binds people together: notthe 'superficial'ties of political citizenshipbut the deep ties of history, language,literature and religion. These ...
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... common interests anda common outlook (Zernatto 1944: 352–8; cf. Hertz 1944: 6;Huizinga 1959b: 106–7, 114–15). This useof'nation',while quaintsoundingnow, creates no theoreticalproblems. More difficult istheuseof such terms, by Dante ...
... common interests anda common outlook (Zernatto 1944: 352–8; cf. Hertz 1944: 6;Huizinga 1959b: 106–7, 114–15). This useof'nation',while quaintsoundingnow, creates no theoreticalproblems. More difficult istheuseof such terms, by Dante ...
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... common store of humanity; but that does not entail that they engage in proselytism, or seek to impose a vision on therest of theworld. Imperial nationsareprone to just this behaviour. Beyond thesense oftheir own uniqueness lies the ...
... common store of humanity; but that does not entail that they engage in proselytism, or seek to impose a vision on therest of theworld. Imperial nationsareprone to just this behaviour. Beyond thesense oftheir own uniqueness lies the ...
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... common British identity, at least in anything likeits traditionalform. Empirehas gone,and so has industrial supremacy. Britain is nolongera global economic and political power. The attractions ofbeing linked to it are nolongerso great ...
... common British identity, at least in anything likeits traditionalform. Empirehas gone,and so has industrial supremacy. Britain is nolongera global economic and political power. The attractions ofbeing linked to it are nolongerso great ...
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