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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... establishing themselves with great rapidity. The royal Christmas broadcast in Britain (instituted in 1932) is an ... establish continuity with a suitable historic past. A striking example is the deliberate choice of a Gothic style for ...
... establishing themselves with great rapidity. The royal Christmas broadcast in Britain (instituted in 1932) is an ... establish continuity with a suitable historic past. A striking example is the deliberate choice of a Gothic style for ...
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... establish their own past by quasi-obligatory repetition. It is the contrast between the constant change and ... established in practice, however recently, and which they now attempt to extend or defend by giving it the sanction ...
... establish their own past by quasi-obligatory repetition. It is the contrast between the constant change and ... established in practice, however recently, and which they now attempt to extend or defend by giving it the sanction ...
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... established functions, references to the past and ritual idioms and practices might need to adapt in this way: the Catholic Church faced with new political and ideological challenges and major changes in the composition of the faithful ...
... established functions, references to the past and ritual idioms and practices might need to adapt in this way: the Catholic Church faced with new political and ideological challenges and major changes in the composition of the faithful ...
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... established limits,cannot be discussed here. It is clear that plenty of political institutions, ideological movements and groups — not least in nationalism — were so unprecedented that even historic continuity had to be invented, for ...
... established limits,cannot be discussed here. It is clear that plenty of political institutions, ideological movements and groups — not least in nationalism — were so unprecedented that even historic continuity had to be invented, for ...
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... establishing or symbolizing social cohesion or the membership of groups, real or artificial communities, b) those establishing or legitimizing institutions, status or relations of authority, and c) those whose main purpose was ...
... establishing or symbolizing social cohesion or the membership of groups, real or artificial communities, b) those establishing or legitimizing institutions, status or relations of authority, and c) those whose main purpose was ...
Sommario
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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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African ancient appeared bards became Britain British monarchy Celtic Celts Chewa chiefs clan colonial Commemorative common coronation costume Crown culture defined Druids durbar early Edward Lhuyd Edward VII eighteenth century eisteddfod élite Empire empress England English established European Evans figure find first flag German Gorsedd governor harp Highland dress historians honour House of Windsor Ibid identification Imperial Assemblage Indian industrial influence invented traditions invention of tradition Iolo Morganwg John Jones Jubilee kilt labour Lady Llanover language Lhuyd London Lord Lozi Lytton Macpherson mass middle classes military modern monuments movement Mughal native neo-traditional nineteenth century occasion oflicers oflicial past patriots peasant period political popular Queen Queen Victoria reflected revival Richard Dimbleby royal ceremonial royal ritual rule rulers Scotland Scottish significant Sobieski Stuarts social society specific sport symbol tartan Thomas Thomas Pennant triple harp viceroy Victoria Welsh William wrote