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One of the ways in which nationalism as an abstract concept is made tangible, or more concrete, is through the use of symbols such as flags and anthems. I focus on Western European examples to illustrate this claim, more specifically on France, Great Britain and other smaller nations such as Flanders or Ireland for supportive evidence.
reveals the ways in which imperial structures needed to articulate nationalist symbols, festivities, monuments in order to reproduce dynastic legitimacy amidst their gradual erosion in the 19th century, as exemplified by the historical event that the French king Louis Philippe assumed the throne as ‘the citizen king’ (p. 63).
1 sty 2016 · This article is dedicated to revealing specific aspects of forming of such national symbols as the flag and the anthem of Japan. Analyzing these symbols through the prism of political...
The aim of Symbols of Nations and Nationalism has been to shed light on the role of national symbols and ceremonies as markers of nation building and to highlight ways in which these express complex mean-ings and act as unifying or divisive forces.
The scholar Jeff Kingston writes that nationalism in Japan today is embedded in the framework of rhetoric on national identity and values which propagate the (alleged) glories of Imperial Japan. However, luckily there is resistance from within—in fact, imperial resistance, as Kingston explains.
30 lip 2021 · The first section comprises a brief history of Japan, giving the necessary background detail for the study; the second will look at Tokugawa Japan and ask why nationalism and industrialisation did not emerge in this period despite many preconditions being in place; and then the final section looks at Meiji Japan, and the continuity between ...
Analyzing these symbols through the prism of political culture, the authors indicate the stable continuity in symbolism of national tradition modern expression within the historical constituent of Japan.
