We're talking about the dormant tradition of the confessional singer-songwriter in the pop charts, with Clarkson interspersing her thoughts with references to her "really rough upbringing".
In marching back the grandiose truth claims of much of western philosophy, Rorty succeeded in reviving the dormant tradition of pragmatism, an embedded, practical, distinctly American philosophical school pioneered by William James and Charles Peirce and further developed by one of Rorty's great heroes, John Dewey.
Blue Labour is an attempt to reclaim dormant traditions within the labour movement – in particular that of co-operatives – rather than reinvent the party.
Nonetheless, through the persistence of strong family ties, the revival of the barangay as the smallest unit of government, increased attention to Asian history and literature, and subsequent revival of dormant traditions, the Philippines has strengthened its Asian heritage without abandoning its Western cultural acquisitions.
However, traditional Cameroonian chieftaincies were re-established on 11 July 1977 by Decree #77/609, and by the 1990s, Cameroonian ethnic groups had rejuvenated these dormant traditions.
A long-dormant tradition of holding rulers to account through sketches and performances suddenly had a multitude of fresh platforms.
Next door, the famous Yonah Shimmel Knish Bakery is also enjoying a long-dormant tradition as movie concessionaire.
Mumford first traveled to Baghdad in 2003, soon after its fall, seeking to work in the long-dormant tradition of American war artists like Winslow Homer.
Who knows, our campaign might even awaken England's dormant radical tradition – a story of Chartists, Diggers, Levellers and a core belief of self-determination for the voiceless.
Mr. Spielberg and George Lucas, his friend and sometime collaborator, helped to revive a dormant Hollywood tradition of big, accessible, popular spectacles, but their blockbusters have often been criticized as contributing to the eclipse of the smaller-scale, personal filmmaking that flourished in the 1970's.
Together with sometime collaborator Scott Bradlee and a cast of former American Idol contestants and wannabe lounge singers, and backed by a rotating group of top-notch musicians, they're taking reviving seemingly dormant musical traditions for a new era.
