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Current Project | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. I am working on a history of the word ‘progressive’ in Britain, provisionally entitled. Being Progressive: Searching for Meaning in Modern Britain, 1888-2010. I’m now tracing these shifting meanings and uses back into the nineteenth (and even the eighteenth) century, to put it all in a longer perspective and to find out where the boundaries are. Can anything be described as ‘progressive’? Are there particular core meanings which must be there?

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Publications | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics: Past Politics and Present Histories. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2012). Political Uses of Industrial Heritage in Modern Britain’, in Peter Itzen and Christian Müller (eds). The Invention of Industrial Pasts: Heritage, political culture and economic debates in Great Britain and Germany. Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag, 2013). 6:4 (October 2011), 453-478. Living w...

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Emily Robinson | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. Author Archives: Emily Robinson. Going backwards and forwards. October 3, 2013. While I’m on the subject of the Milibands and the past, I’ve been meaning to highlight this image, posted by the Spectator in response to Ed’s conference speech last week. Its message is clear. Ed is socialist. Socialism is associated … Continue reading →. Miliband, the Mail and the National Past. October 3, 2013. September 30, 2013. April 12, 2013. In a week domina...

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Margaret Thatcher and The Invention of Industrial Pasts | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. Tony Blair’s own ‘Spirit of ’45’. New review of History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics →. Margaret Thatcher and The Invention of Industrial Pasts. April 12, 2013. In a week dominated by the death of Margaret Thatcher and ongoing contestation over her memory and legacy, it seems fitting to receive my copy of a new book on The Invention of Industrial Pasts. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Enter your comment here.

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Miliband, the Mail and the National Past | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. New review of History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics. Going backwards and forwards →. Miliband, the Mail and the National Past. October 3, 2013. The controversy that has blown up over the Daily Mail. S attacks on Ralph Miliband raises two distinct questions about the way we use the past. Should the Daily Mail. Continue to be tainted by its support for fascism. And resistance to accepting Jewish refugees. The man may ha...

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Emily A. Robinson | Cultural Politics and Political Cultures | Page 2

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. Newer posts →. January 7, 2013. Rather belatedly, here’s the link. To me talking about. History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics. On Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed. I haven’t yet dared to listen to it, so can’t give you the time code, but it should be about halfway through. Does TV history make us complacent about the present? January 7, 2013. The producer of the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? Was on Start the Week.

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New review of History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. Margaret Thatcher and The Invention of Industrial Pasts. Miliband, the Mail and the National Past →. New review of History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics. September 30, 2013. A very generous and thought-provoking review by Scott Anthony. History, Heritage and Tradition. Has just been published in. Twentieth Century British History. An extract is available here. 8217; She had, in Maurice Cowling. Enter your comment here.

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What does progressive really mean? | Emily A. Robinson

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Emily A. Robinson. Cultural Politics and Political Cultures. Academia and the War of the Words →. What does progressive really mean? January 22, 2013. Last year, YouGov asked 1,651 people what they understood by the term progressive. The exact question asked was:. Sometimes in politics people talk about things being ‘progressive’. In your own words, how would you define the term ‘progressive’? Here is a word cloud of the answers they received:. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. New review of Histor...