Built in a Field of Dreams? Spatial Engineering and Political Symbolism of South Africa’s Rapid Rail Link Development, Gautrain

2010 ◽  
pp. 683-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnie Donaldson ◽  
Janis van der Westhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Political Symbolism

An Assessment of the Political Symbolism of the City of Rome in the Writings of John of Salisbury

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 512-533
Author(s):  
Irene A. O’Daly
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
John Of Salisbury ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Symbolism ◽  
The City

AbstractThis article focuses on John of Salisbury’s analysis of contemporary Rome (its citizenry, its revived “republican” institutions, its ecclesiastical role, and its ancient symbolism), examining the extent to which John’s study and use of classical Roman political ideas was interwoven with his perceptions of the contemporary city. It argues that John’s use of Rome as a metaphor, specifically the trope of the avaricious Roman, had a significant impact on John’s critique and presentation of contemporary political events such as the re-establishment of the Senate, the difficulties experienced by the papacy in their efforts to control Rome, and the controversial activities of Arnold of Brescia.

Beyond the Sovereign State

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-300
Author(s):  
Duncan Bell
Keyword(s):  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
Political Symbolism ◽  
Public Holidays ◽  
Legal Theorist

This chapter explores efforts to rethink the meaning of political belonging. It delineates various models of citizenship found in Angloworld debate, focusing in particular on isopolitanism. The chapter examines the most authoritative account of isopolity, propounded by the famed legal theorist Albert Venn Dicey, before surveying other articulations of the idea, including those of Andrew Carnegie, W. T. Stead, and H. G. Wells. The penultimate section analyzes race patriotism. Just as citizenship was rearticulated as a form of identification with the Anglo-Saxon or English race, so too was patriotic regard: individuals owed allegiance to a nested set of communities, including their country and their race. Ultimately, the chapter offers a discussion of political symbolism, showing how race unionists designed rituals and markers of identity — from flags to public holidays — that evoked and glorified Anglo-America.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Jennifer H. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Political Symbolism ◽  
French Culture ◽  
Potential Failure ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Previous Scholarship ◽  
Literary Reception

In the early 1520s, a ship of remarkable proportion was built in Le Havre, commissioned by François I in response, in part, to the size, success, and renown of Henry VIII’s Mary Rose. The story of the Grande Françoise, reported locally as the largest vessel ever witnessed, demonstrates the rich cultural and political symbolism (intentional or otherwise) of the ship in the sixteenth century, and the significance of its potential failure, destruction, and recuperation. This Introduction moves from the example of the Grande Françoise, including its swiftly traceable literary reception, to survey the classical, biblical, and medieval traditions that inform the writing of shipwreck in the sixteenth century, before turning to previous critical study of shipwreck, with particular focus on Hans Blumenberg’s essay Shipwreck with Spectator. The Direful Spectacle is in some senses a response to Blumenberg, offering a ‘close-up’ on French culture of the sixteenth century, and a challenge to his separation of the aesthetic from the moral or ethical in shipwreck texts. Situating this new study in relation to previous scholarship, the Introduction then proceeds to set out its distinctive themes and arguments, before concluding with an outline of the structure and summaries of the contents and argument of each chapter.

The Political Symbolism of the Eruv

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Political Symbolism
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