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The Peculiarities of the English State
Author(s) -
AYLMER G. E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6443.1990.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , ethos , politics , context (archaeology) , similarity (geometry) , state (computer science) , space (punctuation) , history , geography , political science , sociology , economic geography , linguistics , archaeology , law , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
This article explores the extent of distinctiveness and of similarity between the English and other comparable states, in an historical context. The author ranges widely in space and time. He finds likenesses as well as differences between England and such other polities both near and far as Scotland, Denmark, France and Japan. In accounting for English distinctiveness, more emphasis is put on geography, climate and ethos than on more conventional political and economic factors.