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Interest in the study of national identity as a collective phenomenon is a growing concern among the social and political sciences. This book addresses the scholarly interest in examining the origins of ideologies and social practices that give historical meaning, cohesion and uniqueness to modern national communities. It focuses on the various routes taken towards the construction of cultural authenticity as an inspirational purpose of nation-building, and reveals the diversity of the themes, practices and symbols used to encourage self-identification and communality. Among the techniques explored are the dramatization of suffering and tragedy, the exaltation of heroes and deeds, the evocation of landscape, nature and the arts, and the delimitation of collective values to be pursued during reconstruction in post-war periods. <p> Contents: Introduction: The study of national identity. Dimensions of National Identity: Interpretations of national identity; Theories of national personality revisited: Anglo-American models and French conceptions; National identity and modernity. Symbolizing the Nation: Forging the authentic nation: Alpine landscape and Swiss national identity; Folk cu

Author

Alain Dieckhoff; Natividad Gutiérrez

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780367604882

Subjects

Sociology, Political Science, Science