The Southern Conservative Thought of John C. Calhoun and the Cultural Foundations of the Canadian Identity

Besides the largely ignored fact of general Canadian support for the Southern Confederacy during the American Civil War, the consociational dimensions of Canadian Confederation, as something opposed to American unionism in cultural terms, finds its historical roots legitimized in the Southern conservative writings of John C. Calhoun. It is the tension between an institutionally entrenched foundation of consociational pluralism and growing urban cosmopolitanism within Canadian history that has defined the debates and divides over the meaning of the Canadian identity, just as it is. Alternatively it is the tension between enforced constitutionalist unionism and consociational cultural tradition within the American South that has largely defined their historical experience. Both Canada and the American South find the tensions of their cultural identities rooted in the consociational values originally laid out by nineteenth century Southern conservative political thought.     

Archaeology and Nationalism: Excavating the Foundations of Identity

Margarita Diaz-Andreu and Timothy C. Champion Nationalism and Archeology in Europe. P. Graves-Brown, S. Jones, C. Gamble (eds.) Cultural Identity and Archaeology: the Construction of European Communities. P. Kohl, C. Fawcett (eds.) Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology.     

史学传统与文化认同

五代以降,史家重视历史记载的前后相承,并有目的地记录周边民族政权与中原王朝相互交往的现实内容,文化认同进一步拓宽;辽金元时期重视对前朝史和本朝国史的编纂,这不仅说明编纂者拥有历史传承的明确意识,而且体现出他们对于中原文化的一种自我认同。总之,通过历史经验的总结,发挥了史学的鉴戒功能,彰显了史学传统与文化认同不可分割的密切关系。     

《史记》的历史文化认同意识

《史记》作为中国古代第一部纪传体通史,表现出了强烈的对中国历史文化的认同意识。它提出的“圣王同祖“的思想,以及在此基础上所精心编排的历史王朝的统系,反映了对中国古代政治统绪的认同意识;它宣扬华夷各民族同源共祖的民族一体性,强调夷夏民族一统,是对中国古代夷夏观念和民族认同意识的重大发展;它通过对中国历代地理沿革的历史考察和对汉皇朝大一统政治格局的反映与颂扬,体现了对中国古代统一多民族国家地理的认同意识。     

Netflix: Canadian (Dis)Content. Competing Sovereignties and the Cultural Politics of Cultural Policy

Netflix has gained significant attention in Canada because it exemplifies the challenge posed by digital technology to Canada’s long-standing cultural policies. It is increasingly evident that such policies are limited in their ability to encourage foreign investment while safeguarding Canadian cultural expression. Indeed, the policies proposed thus far have generated “Canadian discontent” across the political spectrum, notwithstanding their promised benefits. This article uses Netflix to explore the cultural politics of cultural policy: the historical and political underpinnings that drive ongoing discussions about state intervention in culture. These politics include the debates about the effect of foreign investment on Canadian cultural sovereignty, and the ideological tensions within the notion of sovereignty itself, namely those between state and consumer and between center and periphery. Using a historiographical approach, this article investigates the controversy surrounding recent government responses to the disruptive force of foreign digital multinationals, such as Netflix.     

南朝经学家分布与文化变迁

南朝时期,南方文化持续发展,经学家人数不断增长,形成了建康吴会地区、寻阳豫章地区和江陵长沙地区三个经学中心。这三个经学中心的形成,与那个时期的移民浪潮、南朝特殊的政治形势以及经济发展密切相关。南朝儒学以此三个中心为基础,继续向西向南迁播,从而引起了南方儒学传入地区的文化变迁。     

神户华侨华人二三代的中华文化认同

华侨华人二三代已成为神户华侨华人社会的主体。他们虽有归化的倾向 ,他们的文化认同虽呈多元化 ,但是 ,他们仍然有中国人意识 ,主要认同中华文化。而且 ,对于中华文化的认同感 ,年轻的并不比年长的明显减弱。认为华侨华人二三代已经认同所在国文化的说法应当仍有商榷的余地。神户华侨华人二三代认同中华文化的原因很多 ,其中的一个重要原因 ,是日本社会的歧视或不平等对待。该原因在短期内是很难消除的。     

评19世纪英国的牛津运动

19世纪上半叶后25年是英国向现代国家转型的重要时期,是一个许多方面都在经历重大变革的时期,表现之一是英国从传统的认信国家转向接受宗教多元化原则的现代国家。爆发于该时期的牛津运动,在抵制政教分离和宗教多元化趋势的同时,更以其对宗教自由主义和理性主义等时代精神的批判和向古代基督教会传统的回归而成为一场典型的文化保守主义运动。     

A Passion for Cultural Difference. Archaeology and Ethnicity of the Southern Levant

The use of ethnicity as a concept in archaeology and the implications of applying it to archaeological material in the Southern Levant are studied in this article. On the basis of recent developments within the modern state of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, the discussiotan focuses on the Iron Age and the identification of early Israelite sites in the 12th century BC. Despite theoretical achievements and methodological problems with the construction of identities, an extreme focus on differentiation is maintained. It is suggested that it is possible to study prehistoric periods with reference to social dynamics and ethnicity, incorporating a social world. Using ethnicity as a concept also raises fundamentally moral and ethical issues of how to practise archaeology.