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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... historians of the past two centuries. 'Tradition' in this sense must be distinguished clearly from 'custom' which dominates so-called 'traditional' societies. The object and characteristic of 'traditions', including invented ones, is ...
... historians of the past two centuries. 'Tradition' in this sense must be distinguished clearly from 'custom' which dominates so-called 'traditional' societies. The object and characteristic of 'traditions', including invented ones, is ...
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... historians. Much of it is still rather obscure. It is presumably most clearly exemplified where a 'tradition' is ... historians of the industrial era. There is probably no time and place with which historians are concerned which has not ...
... historians. Much of it is still rather obscure. It is presumably most clearly exemplified where a 'tradition' is ... historians of the industrial era. There is probably no time and place with which historians are concerned which has not ...
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... historians devote their attention to such phenomena? The question is in one sense unnecessary, since a growing number of them plainly do, as the contents of this volume and the references cited in it bear witness. So it is better ...
... historians devote their attention to such phenomena? The question is in one sense unnecessary, since a growing number of them plainly do, as the contents of this volume and the references cited in it bear witness. So it is better ...
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... historians have frequently observed how in the actual memories of the old the General Strike of 1926 plays a more modest and less dramatic part than interviewers anticipated." The formation of such an image of the French Revolution in ...
... historians have frequently observed how in the actual memories of the old the General Strike of 1926 plays a more modest and less dramatic part than interviewers anticipated." The formation of such an image of the French Revolution in ...
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... historian of Flemish language observed, quite correctly, the Flemish taught in Belgium today is not the language ... historians. It is to be hoped that others will also find it useful. Highland Tradition of Scotland HUGH TREVOR-ROPER ...
... historian of Flemish language observed, quite correctly, the Flemish taught in Belgium today is not the language ... historians. It is to be hoped that others will also find it useful. Highland Tradition of Scotland HUGH TREVOR-ROPER ...
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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