The Existence of Scotland

In: Scotland in Theory
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Thomas Docherty
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Abstract

The Bildungsroman of Walter Scott’s Waverley may seem to present an essentially ahistorical vision. However, if Scotland is not to be conceived of as a historically passive object, then we must use this text to develop the notion of Scotland as “theoretical possibility”.

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