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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... culture of 'gentlemanly capitalism' operating at theheart ofthe British economy, inthe financialsector oftheCity ofLondon(Cain and Hopkins 1993).Students of culturalhistory have looked atthe way theBritishEmpire affected the ...
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... culture anditis therefore more hospitableboth to newcomers and outsiders... (1989b: xii–xiii) 'Hard rather thansoft', 'citizenryrather thana folk','hospitable both to newcomersand outsiders'; these expressions strike the note of the new ...
... culture anditis therefore more hospitableboth to newcomers and outsiders... (1989b: xii–xiii) 'Hard rather thansoft', 'citizenryrather thana folk','hospitable both to newcomersand outsiders'; these expressions strike the note of the new ...
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... culture. They have scrutinized the past and the present for the evidence they offer of 'English traits', of distinctive elements of'the English character' or 'the English people'. Ofsuch a kind arethe famous worksof cultural analysis ...
... culture. They have scrutinized the past and the present for the evidence they offer of 'English traits', of distinctive elements of'the English character' or 'the English people'. Ofsuch a kind arethe famous worksof cultural analysis ...
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... cultures and national communities. Ifa culture denies nationalism, showsamarked indifference evento questions ofnational identity,itwould be eccentric on the part of a scholar or intellectual to devote much time to their investigation ...
... cultures and national communities. Ifa culture denies nationalism, showsamarked indifference evento questions ofnational identity,itwould be eccentric on the part of a scholar or intellectual to devote much time to their investigation ...
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... cultural. nations. In his book Cosmopolitanism and the National State (first published 1907), the German historian Friedrich Meinecke distinguished between'cultural nations [Kulturnationen] and political nations [Staatsnationen], nations ...
... cultural. nations. In his book Cosmopolitanism and the National State (first published 1907), the German historian Friedrich Meinecke distinguished between'cultural nations [Kulturnationen] and political nations [Staatsnationen], nations ...
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