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Namierian, n. and a.|neɪˈmɪərɪən|
[f. the name of Sir Lewis B. Namier (1888–1960), British historian + -ian.]
A. n. An adherent of the methods and theories of Sir L. Namier concerning the structure of, and research into, political history.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, illustrating, or concerning the historical theories or techniques of Namier.
1958Oxf. Mag. 27 Feb. 330/2 The Namierian revolution in historical method, now a quarter of a century old, destroyed a long accepted view of the nature of political parties in the 18th century. Ibid. 332/1 If the party is of little importance, as the Namierians have proved, then [etc.]. 1961Encounter XVI. 39/2 The general configuration of world history will continue to look much the same, whether one takes the Namierian or pre-Namierian view about the structure of politics in Britain in George III's reign. 1962Guardian 6 July 6/5 The Namierian House of Commons. 1967Economist 6 May 575/3 His expertise with the telescope at one moment and the microscope at another is quite Namierian.
So ˈNamierite a. and n. in same sense. Namieriˈzation, the application of Namier's methods and theories to a historical situation; hence ˈNamierize v.; ˈNamierizing vbl. n.
1948Bull. Inst. Hist. Research XXI. 123, I refer to the process, which I can only call, after its distinguished inventor, the ‘Namierizing’ of British History: the discovery and exploration of the personal side of parliamentary politics and the parliamentary groups which flourished and manoeuvred, formed, broke and reformed their alliances under cover of debates and constitutional dogmas. 1952John o' London's Weekly 20 June, A really intensely detailed and penetrating piece of analysis is known to historians all over the world as a ‘namierisation’. 1957Economist 12 Oct. 120/1 The expression ‘to namierise’ is a deserved tribute to Sir Lewis's influence. 1958Listener 17 Apr. 661/3 Surely namierite scholarship has..underlined the great differences..between the political systems of the eighteenth century and our own. 1958N.Z. Listener 5 Sept. 12/4 May one hope that in future volumes he will add a dash of Namierite bitters to the cocktail? 1960Observer 28 Aug. 8/4 Essentially, Namierisation meant a rigorous substitution of accurate detail for the generalisations which had contented older historians. 1961Times Lit. Suppl. 2 June 334/4 This..piece of Namierisation does not offer portraits of any individual members of the group. 1967Economist 22 July 329/3 Are we not, in fact, with the nineteenth century, in danger of much the same kind of difficulties as Namierite zeal landed us in with the eighteenth? 1969Listener 20 Mar. 388/3 A generation ago the Namierites were busy counting heads while the Clapham sect totted up the trade statistics. 1971Sunday Times 30 May 31/4 To ‘namierise’ is now a well-known historical technique which has been applied—often with far less subtlety—in very different fields. It consists, essentially, of constructing multiple biographies of inarticulate men whose common but unconscious aims may be a force, even a determining force, in history. 1972New Society 13 Apr. 51/2 It [sc. the Scarman inquiry into violence in Ulster in 1969] is the Namierisation of a nightmare in which ten people died, [etc.]. 1973P. A. Allum Politics & Society Post-War Naples ix. 280 The disappearance of the monarchy left the Vatican as the major institutional support of the status quo. In consequence, the Christian Democrats became..a ‘Court Party’ in the Namierite sense. |