British Consciousness And Identity
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| Author | : Brendan Bradshaw |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2003-12-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521893619 |
The historical resonances of the concept of 'Britain' for the communities of the Atlantic Archipelago in the early modern period are explored here in terms of the ideological demands made upon it. Various and competing concepts of Britishness are examined, from the Henrician legislation which united Wales with England and which created the kingdom of Ireland, to the Act of Union of the realms of England and Scotland. The chequered history of the consciousness of Britain as a polity which embraced the united kingdoms is discussed in relation to the distinctive national identities of the constituent countries, and the question of the impact of 'Britain' on English policy-making under the Tudor, Stuart and the first Hanoverian monarchs is addressed. The puzzling resistance of the Irish to assimilation in contrast to the docility of the Welsh and - eventually - of the Scots is also explored.
| Author | : Brian Garrett |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2002-01-31 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1134708017 |
Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness is about persons and personal identity. What are we? And why does personal identity matter? Brian Garrett, using jargon-free language, addresses questions in the metaphysics of personal identity, questions in value theory, and discusses questions about the first person singular. Brian Garrett makes an important contribution to the philosophy of personal identity and mind, and to epistemology.
| Author | : Udo Thiel |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2011-09-29 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 019954249X |
Udo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of the understanding of self-consciousness and personal identity in early modern philosophy. He explores over a century of European philosophical debate from Descartes to Hume, and argues that our interest in human subjectivity remains strongly influenced by the conceptual framework of early modern thought.
| Author | : Julian Hoppit |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2013-07-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1847790518 |
The abolition of the Scottish and Irish Parliaments in 1707 and 1800 created a United Kingdom centred upon the Westminster legislature. This text discusses what this meant for the four nations involved, and how conceptions of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh identities were affected.
| Author | : B. Miller |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 2013-02-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1137076658 |
Using a cognitive approach to literature, this book uncovers representations of self-consciousness in selected modern British novels, exposing it as complicating character development. Miller provides new readings of works by Conrad, Joyce, and D.H. Lawrence to demonstrate the emergence of a self who feels split from the world.
| Author | : Michael Tye |
| Publisher | : Bradford Book |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : All (Philosophy) |
| ISBN | : 9780262701136 |
A new theory of the unity of consciousness, considering both philosophical issues about the nature of persons and personalidentity and empirical findings in neuroscience.
| Author | : David J. Baker |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2002-05-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521782005 |
Though British history and identity in the early modern period are intensively researched areas, the role of literature in the construction of 'Britishness' is under-examined. English history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries often overlooks the contribution of Ireland, Scotland and Wales to the formation of the British state. Historians describe 'Britain' as a multiple kingdom, with a long history of conflict. In this 2002 volume, a team of leading Renaissance literary critics read a broad range of texts from the period, including plays of Shakespeare, in light of British history. Prominent historians respond to the issues raised by the volume. This collection opened up a different kind of literary history and has pressing relevance for discussions of 'Britishness'.
| Author | : Etienne Balibar |
| Publisher | : Verso Books |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2013-10-08 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1781681341 |
John Locke’s foundational place in the history of British empiricism and liberal political thought is well established. So, in what sense can Locke be considered a modern European philosopher? Identity and Difference argues for reassessing this canonical figure. Closely examining the "treatise on identity" added to the second edition of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Étienne Balibar demonstrates Locke’s role in the formation of two concepts central to the metaphysics of the subject—consciousness and the self—and the complex philosophical, legal, moral and political nature of his terms. With an accompanying essay by Stella Sandford, situating Balibar’s reading of Locke in the history of the reception of the Essay and within Balibar’s other writings on "the subject," Identity and Difference rethinks a crucial moment in the history of Western philosophy.
| Author | : Anthony Cohen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1134889321 |
Cohen establishes the importance of the self and argues that in order to appreciate the complexity of social formations, one must first take note of individuals awareness of themselves and as authors of social contexts and formations.
| Author | : Thomas Hajkowski |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 410 |
| Release | : 2013-07-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1847797415 |
Examining the ways in which the BBC constructed and disseminated British national identity during the second quarter of the twentieth century, this book is the first study that focuses in a comprehensive way on how the BBC, through its radio programs, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The BBC and national identity in Britain offers a revision of histories of regional broadcasting in Britain that interpret it as a form of cultural imperialism. The regional organization of the BBC, and the news and creative programming designed specifically for regional listeners, reinforced the cultural and historical distinctiveness of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The BBC anticipated, and perhaps encouraged, the development of the hybrid “dual identities” characteristic of contemporary Britain. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of nationalism and national identity, British imperialism, mass media and media history, and the “four nations” approach to British history.
