According to Appiah, in a "traditional society we may speak of these shared beliefs, values, signs, and symbols as the historiography; not, to insist on a crucial point, in the sense that everyone in the group actually holds the beliefs and values, but in the sense that everybody knows what they are and everybody knows that they are widely held in the society."

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Appiah actually refers to these shared beliefs, values, signs, and symbols as the "social imaginary," not the historiography. The social imaginary encompasses the shared understandings that make possible common practices and a widely shared sense of legitimacy.

According to Appiah, in a "Traditional Society We May Speak