Tradition is a central concern for a wide range of academic
disciplines interested in problems of transmitting culture across
generations. Yet, the concept itself has received remarkably little
analysis. A substantial literature has grown up around the notion
of 'invented tradition, ' but no clear concept of tradition is to
be found in these writings; since the very notion of 'invented
tradition' presupposes a prior concept of tradition and is empty
without one, this debunking usage has done as much to obscure the
idea as to clarify it. In the absence of a shared concept, the
various disciplines have created their own vocabularies to address
the subject. Useful as they are, these specialized vocabularies (of
which the best known include hybridity, canonicity, diaspora,
paradigm, and contact zones) separate the disciplines and therefore
necessarily create only a collection of parochial and disjointed
approaches.
Until now, there has been no concerted attempt to put the
various disciplines in conversation with one another around the
problem of tradition. Combining discussions of the idea of
tradition by major scholars from a variety of disciplines with
synoptic, synthesizing essays, "Questions of Tradition" will
initiate a renewal of interest in this vital subject.
General
Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
October 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Editors: |
Mark Phillips
• Gordon Schochet
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Dimensions: |
229 x 154 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
340 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8020-8272-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-8020-8272-6 |
Barcode: |
9780802082725 |
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