Difference Between Englishness And Britishness

LITERATURE

1. Why is it neccessary to differentiate Englishness and Britishness?

In spite of the fact that England is only one of the nations, regions and ethnic groups within Great Britain, yet used to be the dominant one during the zenith of the British Empire, there was a long tradition to use Englishness and Britishness interchangeably (Aslet 1997), often as synonyms. It is argued that English people’s self-feeling of their supremacy over other members of Great Brian made them feel unnecessary to distinguish themselves from The Others (Reviron- Piégay, 2009). She also added that Britishness was an all-embracing word, refering not only to just a cultural and religious phenomenon but also to a fact of social and economic culture. The

Firstly, Englishness must involve a commitment and a sense of belonging to England, meaning that a person need to live in England in order to be English. Secondly, it is the wish to become a part of the nation’s history and culture that plays the key role. Thirdly, Englishness should have nothing to do with racism and ethnicity; anyone considers themself as English, then he surely is. He also added that when we see “Englishness” as a cultural identity, we need to concede two things. First, it cannot be multi-cultural as “a cultural identity”, intrinsically, is defined as the identity unique to one nation only although we might say England is a multi-cultural country. Second, English identity must be by its exclusive nature, and it is only applicable to English

In 2014, a research conducted in English rurals by Dr Cabras from York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis (YCCSA) pointed out that rural pubs brought about between £80,000 and £120,000 for their local community and had become community hubs which foster social engagement supporting integration among local residents and newcomers. Ruir (2012) in his report Pubs and Places: the social value of community pubs expressed his agreement with Cabras by claiming that “One of the most important contributions pubs make to local community life is that they act as hubs for the development of social networks between local people ”(p.24) and that “community pubs add a great deal to local economies, and beer bought through pubs adds more value to local economies than beer bought through supermarkets”