National culture, national identity, and the culture(s) of the nation

The paper reflects the specificity of the fundamental ideas of the artistic world of M. G. Atamanov, which includes a wide range of literary facts from the content level of the text of the works to their poetics. A particularly important role in the works of M. G. Atamanov is played by cross-cutting themes and images that reflect the author's individual style and his idea of national-ethnic identity. The subject of the research is the book of essays “Mon - Udmurt. Maly mynym vös’?” (“I am Udmurt. Why does it hurt?”), which most vividly reflected the main spiritual and artistic searches of M. G. Atamanov, associated with his ideas about the Udmurt people. The main motives and plots of the works included in the book under consideration are accumulated around the concept of “Udmurtness”. The comprehension of “Udmurtness” is modeled in his essays through specific leit themes: native language, Udmurt people, national culture, mentality, geographic and topographic features of the Udmurt people’ places of residence, the Orthodox idea. The “Udmurt theme” is recognized and comprehended by the writer through the prism of national identity.

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National Identity: Formation and Realisation Through Poetry

wisdom ◽

10.24234/wisdom.v17i1.449 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 146-161

Author(s):

Tetiana URYS ◽

Tetiana KOZAK ◽

Svitlana BARABASH

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Identity Formation ◽

National Culture ◽

Literary Work ◽

Effective Factor ◽

Functional Aspects ◽

Creative Personality ◽

Important Means ◽

The Individual ◽

National Identity Formation

National culture, especially literature, contains invaluable nation-building potential and is an effective factor in influencing the development of the national identity of the individual and the ethnic group as a whole. In the process of forming literary works, the author’s consciousness and subconscious play an important role, so they are not only one of the best ways of expressing a creative personality and a form of its reaction to events occurring in the outside world, but also one of the most important means of forming the national identity of the recipients. Therefore, such a literary work contains a modus of national identity. The main content of this concept in the literature is revealed in the article. Its theoretical components and their functional aspects in the text are defined and analysed. The modus of national identity is formulated as a way of realising the identity of one with his nation through certain aesthetic elements and structures at all levels of literary work as an artistic system. Such element-dominants are motives, artistic imagery, lyrical character as the main expression of the author’s thoughts, as well as archetypes, symbols and place names.

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POLITICAL NATION: CONTENT AND PERSPECTIVES

Public Administration and Regional Development ◽

10.34132/pard2019.03.02 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 23-38

Author(s):

Dmytro Dzvinchuk ◽

Iryna Ozminska

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Civil Society ◽

National Culture ◽

National Development ◽

The Political ◽

Mental Work ◽

Foreign Experience ◽

Number Of Factors ◽

Systematic Understanding ◽

Conceptual Foundations

The article investigates the concept of “political nation”. The analysis of research studies and the generalization of domestic and foreign experience in the formation of political nation prove the relevance of the issues raised. The study of peculiarities of the political nation formation in the coordinates of the Modernist period enhances the understanding of processes in the socio-humanitarian sphere, makes it possible to outline the ambiguity of interpretations of the conceptual foundations of the political nation, and also helps to develop the effective state policy in this area. It should be noted that there are few studies that systematically analyze the domestic and foreign experience of forming the political nation and they need modernization. It has been determined that the identification of the sense of national identity is the result of the appropriate mental work, and external challenges greatly optimize this process. Different approaches to the content characteristics of the notion “political nation” have been considered and summarized. A number of factors (the need to preserve the integrity of state and its consolidation, the formation of civil society, hybrid aggression, etc.) have been outlined, which stipulate the necessity of developing the adequate policy on dealing with crisis phenomena, existing in the Ukrainian national identity. It has been established that the political nation forms a corresponding type of national culture, which creates a more systematic understanding of the genesis, ritual and strategy of national development.

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Modern domestic cinema and the legacy of shaken Aimanov

Keruen ◽

10.53871/2078-8134.2020.4-08 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (69) ◽

Author(s):

A.S. Jumadilov ◽

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Soviet Union ◽

National Culture ◽

Film Industry ◽

National Cinema ◽

Soviet State ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

First Time

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet state of post-Soviet autonomous republics turned out to be the ideology for which cinematographers and screenwriters have to make a film epic of epoch - national cinema. In this article, the author can only use the ever-present cinematography, the unmerciful nationalistic culture, the ideological orientation of the film industry, the uniqueness or national identity. It's a good idea to have a world-renowned artisan who is doing all the same, seeking internationalization and gloss? Another - cinematic and astrophysical art of Shaken Aimanov, whose works live in volumes or polls, and others. For many years, many changes have taken place in the national cinema, such as national culture, a national emblem of national culture. For the first time in the history of national cinema, national cinema and the world of cinema, the future and future films have been transformed into a lot of changes. The Concept of distinguished singer Shaken Aimanova is embodied in the volume, which, unlike the researchers and artists all over the world of cinema Shaken Aimnayev, the director of which, as long as he is a filmmaker, creates a film studio as part of national culture.

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National culture, national identity, and the culture(s) of the nation

Handbook of Cultural Sociology ◽

10.4324/9780203891377-64 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 538-549

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

National Culture

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Nationalism

10.1093/oso/9780198797043.003.0007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 197-220

Author(s):

Nils Holtug

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

National Identity ◽

Social Identity ◽

National Culture ◽

Social Cohesion ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Identity Theory ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Nation Building ◽

Causal Mechanism

Chapter 7, on nationalism, addresses the so-called ‘national identity argument’, according to which a shared national identity fosters social cohesion and is required for, or at least facilitates, egalitarian redistribution. First, it is argued that the prospect for nation-building policies, built on the idea of a shared national culture, is severely restricted by the liberal egalitarian requirements of justice defended in Chapter 4. Then the causal mechanism through which a national culture is supposed to promote trust and solidarity is scrutinized, and it is argued that it is not really supported by, for example, social identity theory and evidence from social psychology. Finally, empirical studies of the effect of national identity on trust and solidarity are considered, and it is argued that these do not support the national identity argument either.

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Forever Foreign? Asian Australians Assimilating to Australian Culture Are Still Perceived as Less Australian Than White Australians

Social Psychological and Personality Science ◽

10.1177/1948550619879907 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 812-820

Author(s):

Michael Thai ◽

Nicholas A. Szeszeran ◽

Matthew J. Hornsey ◽

Fiona Kate Barlow

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

National Culture ◽

Asian Descent ◽

White Target

Westerners of Asian descent emphasize their engagement with national culture to assert their national identity. The present research investigates whether this strategy effectively enhances observers’ perceptions of Asian Westerners’ national identity. In Study 1 ( N = 160), Australian participants evaluated an Asian or White target, manipulated to be either hyper-Australian or not. In Study 2 ( N = 440), targets were additionally manipulated to be either Australian-born or not. Across both studies, Asian targets depicted as hyper-Australian, Australian-born, or both, were considered more Australian than generic Asian targets. However, Asian targets were consistently rated as less Australian than White counterparts who were depicted equivalently apart from race. Thus, the strategy of heavy engagement with the national culture increases perceptions of Asian Westerners’ national identity, but not to the point that they are considered equivalently to White Westerners.

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Japan in Spain. Japanese Culture through Spanish Eyes in the Film Gisaku

Arts ◽

10.3390/arts7040093 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 93

Author(s):

Rosanna Pérez

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

National Culture ◽

Japanese Culture ◽

Good Image ◽

Production Strategies ◽

Country Brand

Gisaku (2005), by Baltasar Pedrosa, is a unique Spanish movie that was produced to sell the Spanish country brand to visitors attending the Spanish Pavilion at Expo Aichi 2005. It is a cartoon feature production that builds a fantastic plot combining the Expo’s theme, the Spanish institutional objective of showing a good image of the country, and the aim of pleasing the target. This paper focuses on the last issue, more specifically on the narrative and production strategies of transcultural exchange developed to attract the Japanese audience. We analyze the movie from a discursive perspective. It is our hypothesis that Gisaku tries to empathize with its target by constructing a certain representation of the Japanese national culture the features of which come from an imagery of Japan negotiated in both traditional and renewed ways from Spain. It is a hybrid anime that deals with transnational representations of the Japanese national identity.

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Authenticity, hybridity, and difference

Focaal ◽

10.3167/092012905780909324 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 2005 (45) ◽

pp. 71-93

Author(s):

Wil G. Pansters

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

National Identity ◽

Cultural Politics ◽

National Culture ◽

Authoritarian Regime ◽

The Political ◽

Complex Relationship ◽

Political Dimension ◽

Authentic Identity ◽

Recent Developments

This article studies the transformation of the debate about national culture in twentieth-century Mexico by looking at the complex relationship between discourses of authenticity and mestizaje. The article firstly demonstrates how in the first half of the twentieth century, Mexican national identity was constructed out of a state-led program of mestizaje, thereby supposedly giving rise to a new and authentic identity, the mestizo (nation). Secondly, it is argued that the authentication project around mestizaje is riddled with paradoxes that require explanation. Thirdly, the article studies the political dimension of the authenticity discourse and demonstrates how the homogenizing and unifying forces that spring from the process of authentication played an important role in buttressing an authoritarian regime. Fourthly, the article looks at two recent developments: indigenous cultural politics and transnationalism. Here it is shown how discourses of difference, pluralism, and transnationalism are challenging the central tenets of Mexican post-revolutionary national culture and the boundaries of the national Self.

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The Instrumental Value Arguments for National Self-Determination

Dialogue ◽

10.1017/s0012217317000993 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 65-89

Author(s):

HSIN-WEN LEE

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Deliberative Democracy ◽

National Culture ◽

Liberal Democracy ◽

Self Determination ◽

Instrumental Value ◽

Shared Identity ◽

Liberal Democratic ◽

Instrumental Values ◽

Civic Duties

David Miller argues that national identity is indispensable for the successful functioning of a liberal democracy. National identity makes important contributions to liberal democratic institutions, including creating incentives for the fulfilment of civic duties, facilitating deliberative democracy, and consolidating representative democracy. Thus, a shared identity is indispensable for liberal democracy and grounds a good claim for self-determination. Because Miller’s arguments appeal to the instrumental values of a national culture, I call his argument ‘instrumental value’ arguments. In this paper, I examine the instrumental value arguments and show that they fail to justify a group’s right to self-determination.

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