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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... suchas Ralph WaldoEmerson's English Traits (1856), Hippolyte Taine's Notes on England(1860–70) and Henry James'sEnglish Hours (1905). Emerson's andJames's accounts continued the traditionof 'travel literature',afavourite form in the ...
... suchas Ralph WaldoEmerson's English Traits (1856), Hippolyte Taine's Notes on England(1860–70) and Henry James'sEnglish Hours (1905). Emerson's andJames's accounts continued the traditionof 'travel literature',afavourite form in the ...
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... such as West Indians and South Asians. WithBritish English embracingall these groups, many ofwhichdo not identify themselves as English,English asa badgeof aspecifically English national identity becomes increasingly problematic. To ...
... such as West Indians and South Asians. WithBritish English embracingall these groups, many ofwhichdo not identify themselves as English,English asa badgeof aspecifically English national identity becomes increasingly problematic. To ...
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... such as Priestley's English Journey and Orwell's TheEnglish People. Invaluable astheyare, they cannot be our starting point.They takeforgranted thevery thing that needs investigation: the wider world within which 'England' and ...
... such as Priestley's English Journey and Orwell's TheEnglish People. Invaluable astheyare, they cannot be our starting point.They takeforgranted thevery thing that needs investigation: the wider world within which 'England' and ...
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... such as communism and fascism, that had thankfully been rejected by themass ofthe English people, ifnotbythe unpatriotic intelligentsia (Orwell 1970b: 31;1970c:411). His 'Notes on Nationalism' portrayed it as an allconsuming sickness ...
... such as communism and fascism, that had thankfully been rejected by themass ofthe English people, ifnotbythe unpatriotic intelligentsia (Orwell 1970b: 31;1970c:411). His 'Notes on Nationalism' portrayed it as an allconsuming sickness ...
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... citizens. The 'ethnocultural, differentialist understanding' ofnationhood in Germany makesit remarkably easy for ethnic German immigrants –suchas themillion orso who arrivedfrom Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1991 –
... citizens. The 'ethnocultural, differentialist understanding' ofnationhood in Germany makesit remarkably easy for ethnic German immigrants –suchas themillion orso who arrivedfrom Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1991 –
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