Author: Jovan JonovskiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781450724371
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Sun and the Lion As Symbols of the Republic of Macedonia
Author: Jovan JonovskiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781450724371
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Sun and the Lion As Symbols of the Republic of Macedonia
Author: Jovan JonovskiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781450724371
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe
Author: Pål KolstøPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317049365
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
After the conflagration of Tito’s Yugoslavia a medley of new and not-so-new states rose from the ashes. Some of the Yugoslav successor states have joined, or are about to enter, the European Union, while others are still struggling to define their national borders, symbols, and relationships with neighbouring states. Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe expands upon the existing body of nationalism studies and explores how successful these nation-building strategies have been in the last two decades. Relying on new quantitative research results, the contributors offer interdisciplinary analyses of symbolic nation-building in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia to show that whereas the citizens of some states have reached a consensus about the nation-building project other states remain fragmented and uncertain of when the process will end. A must-read not only for scholars of the region but policy makers and others interested in understanding the complex interplay of history, symbolic politics, and post-conflict transition.
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry
Author: John VinycombPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Identity Designs
Author: Karen A. CeruloPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813522111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
National symbols, modern totems with ancient roots, remain entities for which men and women continue to march, debate, fight, and die. Modern political leaders still drape their campaigns in such symbols; modern revolutionaries still defile them. Identity Designs explores the source of this long-standing power--the way national symbols are selected, the manner in which their meaning is conveyed, their potential effects, and the sustenance of their power. In particular, the book charts the role of design in the selection of symbolic images, thus demonstrating that symbols are chosen not just for what they convey, but how they convey their message. Karen Cerulo shows that the symbolic designs of a nation's identity are not simply the products of indigenous characteristics, as conventional wisdom might suggest. Rather, the banners and songs by which nations represent themselves are generated by broad social forces that transcend the peculiarities of any one nation. Cerulo's analysis acquaints readers with a set of social structural factors that delimit rules of symbolic expression. Further, the book suggests the benefits of adhering to these rules and explores the costs of violating them.
Roman Art
Author: Nancy Lorraine ThompsonPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392228
Category : Art, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.
The Material Culture of the Jacobites
Author: Neil GuthriePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
A comprehensive study of material objects associated with the Jacobites, produced, acquired and treasured in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Sophie's World
Author: Jostein GaarderPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it she is enrolled in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. Thus begins Jostein Gaarder's unique novel, which is not only a mystery, but also a complete and entertaining history of philosophy.
Flags and Emblems of Colombia
Author: DousdebésUniversal Empire
Author: Peter Fibiger BangPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139560956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from ancient history, to literary and philosophical studies, to the history of art and international relations and historical sociology. The notion of universal, imperial rule is presented as an elusive and much coveted prize among monarchs in history, around which developed forms of kingship and political culture. Different facets of the phenomenon are explored under three, broadly conceived, headings: symbolism, ceremony and diplomatic relations; universal or cosmopolitan literary high-cultures; and, finally, the inclination to present universal imperial rule as an expression of cosmic order.