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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Pagina 4
... traditions' and pragmatic conventions or routines are inversely related. 'Tradition' shows weakness when, as among liberal Jews, dietary prohibitions are justified pragmatically, as by arguing that the ancient Hebrews banned pork on ...
... traditions' and pragmatic conventions or routines are inversely related. 'Tradition' shows weakness when, as among liberal Jews, dietary prohibitions are justified pragmatically, as by arguing that the ancient Hebrews banned pork on ...
Pagina 5
... traditions associated with them, were unadaptable and became rapidly unviable, and secondly that 'new' traditions simply resulted from the inability to use or adapt old ones. Adaptation took place for old uses in new conditions and by ...
... traditions associated with them, were unadaptable and became rapidly unviable, and secondly that 'new' traditions simply resulted from the inability to use or adapt old ones. Adaptation took place for old uses in new conditions and by ...
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... invented traditions of a novel type for quite novel purposes. A large store of such materials is accumulated in the ... tradition of great symbolic force). Thus the development of Swiss nationalism, concomitant with the formation of the ...
... invented traditions of a novel type for quite novel purposes. A large store of such materials is accumulated in the ... tradition of great symbolic force). Thus the development of Swiss nationalism, concomitant with the formation of the ...
Pagina 7
... invent new languages or devices, or extend the old symbolic vocabulary ... invented, for example by creating an ancient past beyond efiective historical ... tradition, such as peasants.7 Indeed, the very appearance of movements for ...
... invent new languages or devices, or extend the old symbolic vocabulary ... invented, for example by creating an ancient past beyond efiective historical ... tradition, such as peasants.7 Indeed, the very appearance of movements for ...
Pagina 8
... invented tradition'. On the other hand the strength and adaptability of genuine traditions is not to be confused with the 'invention of tradition '. Where the old ways are alive, traditions need be neither revived nor invented. Yet it ...
... invented tradition'. On the other hand the strength and adaptability of genuine traditions is not to be confused with the 'invention of tradition '. Where the old ways are alive, traditions need be neither revived nor invented. Yet it ...
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