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Symbols and the Image of the State in Eurasia (SpringerBriefs in Political Science) by Anita Sengupta (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Symbols and the Image of the State in Eurasia (SpringerBriefs in Political Science) about?
This book discusses the significance of cultural symbols/‘images’ in the nation-building of Eurasian states that emerged out of the former Soviet Union. It particularly focuses on the cases of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in the post-Soviet era and argues that the relationship between nation- and image-building has been particularly relevant for Eurasian states. In an increasingly globalized world, nation-state building is no longer an activity confined to the domestic arena. The situating of the state within the global space and its ‘image’ in the international community (nation branding) becomes in many ways as crucial as the projection of homogeneity within the state. The relationship between politics and cultural symbols/ ‘images’, therefore acquires and represents multiple possibilities. It is these possibilities that are the focus of Symbols and the Image of the State in Eurasia. It argues that the relationship between politics and cultural symbols/ ‘images’, became particularly relevant for states that emerged in the wake of the disintegration of the Soviet Union in Central Asia. It extends the argument further to contend that the image that the state projects is largely determ
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anita Sengupta (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore Imprint : Springer
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789811023927
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Political Science, Sociology