Ben Power wrote:You wouldn't agree that some traditions are emergent rather than invented Matt?
Hi Ben, it depends what you mean by 'emergent'. From what, where or whom do they emerge? Is the tradition itself the active element, rather than an artifact? I wrote that all traditions are invented, which seemed self-evident when I wrote it (is it?) - does 'emergent' mean they may invent themselves?
Ben Power wrote:Invented referring to the tartanry/kilt/Ossian/Sobieski-Stewarts manner of conscious production (as Trevor-Roper talks about in the Hobsbawm book).
I'm aware of the phenomenon but I've not read the book.