This lecture explains how the typical discourses of Englishness are structured by a deep-rooted
philosophic tradition: empiricism. He sustains his polemic through
appeal to a wide array of instances from high and popular culture,
ranging from philosophical and literary works through the daily press
and aspects of the English sense of humour. This text asserts a profound
continuity running through from the 17th to the late 20th century.
Todays journalists, historians, novelists, poets, comedians and
politicians may imagine they are speaking as themselves. They are
mistaken, according the this study: ancestral voices speak through them.
- المعلم: MOURAD ATY