The Invention of TraditionEric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger Cambridge University Press, 26 mar 2012 Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention – the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. |
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... England (London. 1969 ed.), pp. l34~8. 7 This is to be distinguished from the revival of tradition for purposes which actually demonstrated its decline. 'The farmers' revival (around I900) of their old regional dress. folk dances and ...
... England (London. 1969 ed.), pp. l34~8. 7 This is to be distinguished from the revival of tradition for purposes which actually demonstrated its decline. 'The farmers' revival (around I900) of their old regional dress. folk dances and ...
Pagina 9
... 26 (I976), pp. 56-9. "' P. H. J. H. Gosden, The Friendly Societies in England, 1815-1875 (Manchester, 1961), pp. 123, 119. and the functionally specific socializations of different social groups (such Introduction: Inventing Traditions 9.
... 26 (I976), pp. 56-9. "' P. H. J. H. Gosden, The Friendly Societies in England, 1815-1875 (Manchester, 1961), pp. 123, 119. and the functionally specific socializations of different social groups (such Introduction: Inventing Traditions 9.
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... England against which it is, in a sense, a protest. Before the Union, it did indeed exist in vestigial form; but that form was regarded by the large majority of Scotchmen as a sign of barbarism: the badge of roguish, idle, predatory ...
... England against which it is, in a sense, a protest. Before the Union, it did indeed exist in vestigial form; but that form was regarded by the large majority of Scotchmen as a sign of barbarism: the badge of roguish, idle, predatory ...
Pagina 16
... England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Celtic Ireland remained, culturally, an historic nation while Celtic Scotland was, at best, its poor sister. It had — could have — no independent tradition. The creation of an ...
... England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Celtic Ireland remained, culturally, an historic nation while Celtic Scotland was, at best, its poor sister. It had — could have — no independent tradition. The creation of an ...
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... England and Ireland had been sunk in primitive barbarism, had produced an epic poet of exquisite refinement and sensibility, equal (said Madame de Staél), superior (said F. A. Wolf), to Homer. Nor was it only in literature that they had ...
... England and Ireland had been sunk in primitive barbarism, had produced an epic poet of exquisite refinement and sensibility, equal (said Madame de Staél), superior (said F. A. Wolf), to Homer. Nor was it only in literature that they had ...
Sommario
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15 | |
The Hunt for the Welsh Past | 43 |
Representing Authority in Victorian India | 165 |
The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa | 211 |
Europe 18701914 | 263 |
Index | 309 |
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