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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... sense,'ofor about the Angles', and wasused asa collectiveexpression for all the Teutonic peoples – Angles, SaxonsandJutes –who hadsettled in Britain inthe fifth century.'With the incorporation ofthe Celtic and Scandinavian elementsofthe ...
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... sense thattheAnglo Saxon heritage orAngloSaxon attitudes are supposedto be somehowrepresentative of theoriginal pristine culture of the English, especially as that existed beforethe Norman Conquest, hence AngloSaxonisms,torefer toplain ...
... sense thattheAnglo Saxon heritage orAngloSaxon attitudes are supposedto be somehowrepresentative of theoriginal pristine culture of the English, especially as that existed beforethe Norman Conquest, hence AngloSaxonisms,torefer toplain ...
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... sense. Nationalism, itisheld or implied, is alientothe English tradition. George Orwell observedthatnationalism was responsible for those 'ruthless ideologies of the Continent', such as communism and fascism, that had thankfully been ...
... sense. Nationalism, itisheld or implied, is alientothe English tradition. George Orwell observedthatnationalism was responsible for those 'ruthless ideologies of the Continent', such as communism and fascism, that had thankfully been ...
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... true ofsocietiesthatstress civic nationhood as of those that proclaim theirethnicidentity. There is'a sense of national dignity andchosenness that exists in Franceas much as in South Africa, in the United States as much as in Israel.
... true ofsocietiesthatstress civic nationhood as of those that proclaim theirethnicidentity. There is'a sense of national dignity andchosenness that exists in Franceas much as in South Africa, in the United States as much as in Israel.
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... true of the Habsburg and Romanovempires, as well asthose of the British and French. Nation. andempire. Empires carry a sense ofmissionthat generallygoes beyond that of nations. Nations may be convinced that they have a.
... true of the Habsburg and Romanovempires, as well asthose of the British and French. Nation. andempire. Empires carry a sense ofmissionthat generallygoes beyond that of nations. Nations may be convinced that they have a.
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