Issues of Armenian identity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyran Zakaryan
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
National Values ◽  
Armenian Identity ◽  
And Behavior

The monograph is devoted to the analysis of separate episodes in the formation of historical paradigms of Armenian identity, epic manifestations of national identity, peculiarities of Armenian thought and behavior in historical events, attitudes towards national values, views of individual thinkers on the Armenian identity and their projects. The book is intended for those who are interested in the Armenian history, culture and identity issues. (in Armenian)

scholarly journals National identity as the basis for the formation of patriotism among the younger generation of Russians

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 03007
Author(s):  
Olga V. Semaeva
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
University Students ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
National Identification ◽  
Russian State ◽  
National Values ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Sociological Studies

The article deals with the issues of forming a patriotic attitude of young Russian citizens to their country. The paper analyzes the results of various sociological studies that indicate that measures to form patriotism among the younger generation are not sufficiently effective and considers the causes underlying this situation. The article analyzes important historical events that determined the vector of development of the Russian state in different historical epochs and the activity of Patriotic citizens of Russia, who chose national values over the ideology promoted by political elites. The article presents the results of a survey conducted among students of of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, the purpose of which was to determine the attitude of modern University students to the problem of national identification and patriotism.

Historical analogies under dispute: Reactions of Israeli Jews to analogies between the Holocaust and the plight of African asylum seekers in Israel

2020 ◽  
pp. 175069802090794
Author(s):  
Gal Ariely
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Historical Analogy ◽  
Population Based Survey

This article examines the characteristics that shape different public reactions to analogies of historical events while emphasizing the role of national identity. It analyzes responses by Israeli Jews to comparisons between the situation of African asylum seekers in Israel and Jews during the Holocaust via a letter written by Holocaust survivors against the proposed forced deportation of asylum seekers in 2018. A population-based survey experiment conducted during Holocaust Remembrance Day was used to evaluate whether attitudes toward the expulsion of asylum seekers were affected by the analogy. The findings showed differential responses to the analogy, including acceptance, rejection, and ambivalence, which demographic characteristics, unlike aspects of national identity, do not explain. It was also found that participation in Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations was positively related to acceptance of the analogy. The overall conclusion is that responses to historical analogy are determined more by an individual’s identity and not by demographic factors.

The Ties That Bind: Britain’s Use of Scottish Highland Dress

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-254
Author(s):  
David Loranger ◽  
Eulanda A. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Over Time

For over 300 years, Britain has influenced Scotland’s national identity. Scottish Highland dress, which consists of kilts and tartans has been appropriated, manipulated, and transformed by the British in order to forward political, commercial, and social objectives. Scotland’s national dress has contributed to a more cohesive identity within the United Kingdom. However, available research only examines specific instances of British influence on—and usage of—kilts and tartans. The purpose of this study was to identify and explore a sample of key figures and historical events that illustrate the use of Scottish Highland dress to forward British interests. The researchers triangulated databases and secondary literature along with extant objects and materials, with the aim of developing a more holistic understanding of appropriation, manipulation, and transformation. Findings indicate how the context and usage of Scottish Highland dress was transformed over time.

scholarly journals The relationship between the organizational culture and the individual attitude, particulary the question of individualism and collectivism

2008 ◽  
pp. 165-170
Author(s):  
Barabás Szilágyi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Organizational Productivity ◽  
Value Analysis ◽  
National Values ◽  
Individual Productivity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior

There is considerable consensus regarding the development of organizational culture; namely, that culture is the result of socialization, evolving through a social learning process. However, the mechanism of the process itself, along with the factors influencing it, raises a number of questions that are researched by different schools of thought. Some of the contextual factors that affect the development of culture, such as the characteristics of national culture or charismatic and other dominant people as role models, seem to be quite influential, especially when other influential factors affect these as well. Value analysis can be helpful for understanding the essence of organizational culture, and it can reveal underlying, hidden phenomena. The results of these studies depict organizational culture as a list of values or as a hierarchy. Values carry emotions as well, that may refer to their link with attitudes and to the fact that the two can be mixed up. The latest innovations in action and thought were the results of the political changes of the 1990s whose implications can be identified in both individual and national values. Changes of views and attitudes also emerge in the changes of collectivist-individualistic thinking and values which become part of the organizational culture and value structure according to value-centered analyses. The changing values define and influence our own opinions, identity, and, in turn, our behavior. Values reflected by our behavior and actions are to be guided by the harmony of individual, organizational, and national value systems. The lack of this synergy results in the dissonance of contrastive values and blocks actions. This, in turn, interferes with individual productivity and thus slows down organizational productivity as well. Our goal should be the synergy of values which creates the harmony of individual thinking and behavior since this harmony is the basis of success and productivity.

scholarly journals World War I in Contemporary Polish Historical Memory

2019 ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Artyom BARYNKIN ◽  
Irina NOVIKOVA
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
World War I ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
World War ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
The World

In the Polish historical memory, the World War I has been overshadowed by the events of 1918. Restoring Polish independence has come to the fore in scientific and public discourse. Narratives on this issue are particularly important to understand how national identity is built in Poland, what elements it consists of, and to what extent it is associated with specific historical events. The article is an attempt to examine Polish interpretations of the War’s final stage, on the basis, primarily, of 2018 commemorative events.

scholarly journals SOURCES OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE IDEA OF NATIONAL IDENTITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 158-173
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Boichenko ◽  
Yuliia Rudenko
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
The State ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Nation States ◽  
External Relations ◽  
National Values ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Internal Sources

The article is devoted to the analysis of the ratio of external and internal sources of state sovereignty. It is found that sovereignty cannot be established without external sources, and the sovereignty of the state is to establish external relations with other states as political monads, i. e. coexisting political substances. At the same time, the sovereignty of the state is closely interconnected with the idea of national identity: the justification of sovereignty is the integration of all cultural groups of the country around the idea of national identity, which is the subject of protection of state sovereignty. The national idea acts as the main source of legitimation of the state’s sovereignty, and the national identity acts as a mechanism for combining the national idea and the state’s sovereignty. In today’s globalized society, national identity appears not as an opponent of internationalism, but as a prerequisite for building international relations in recognition of the sovereignty of states that have their own national idea. The global state appears not as a replacement for the nation-state, but only as a principle of interdependence and expression of the need for cooperation between modern nation-states. Global civil society creates a need for the principle of multilateralism in the interaction between modern states, i. e. the need for their constructive interaction based on mutual respect for the idea of national identity and its derivatives — national interests, national values and so on. The strategic provision of internal sources of state sovereignty, especially a clear link between national identity and the integrated national idea, makes possible and appropriate to turn to external sources of state sovereignty.

scholarly journals Valdai forum as a platform of political communication: articulation of cultural, spiritual and political traditions of Russia (a review of Valdai international club agenda)

Communicology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 114-123
Author(s):  
S. S. Kamyshanskaya
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
The Past ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
Russian State ◽  
National Values ◽  
State And Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Traditions

The article represents the results of an actual analysis of the discussions on the site of the Valdai International Club over the past ten years in the context of the broadcast of the Russian message to the world as one of the instruments of Russian soft power. The author shows how the articulation of cultural, spiritual and political traditions of Russia occurs at the Valdai Forum as a platform for political communication and based on the appeal of the head of state to the problems of preserving cultural and national identity, forming a positive image of the state in the international arena, preserving national values and patriotic consciousness. A brief analysis is made of a number of fundamentally important thematic contours of the discussion by the Valdai Club members, which in recent years have become significant components of the formation of the Russian message to the world. Besides, the author substantiates the actualization of the concept of cultural imperative in the political science understanding of the cultural and value matrix of the Russian state and society in the Valdai discourse, and highlights an internal axiological aspect focused on civil-patriotic values, a sense of national identity, and the ideology of social justice.

scholarly journals Romantyzm wciąż aktualny? Szkolny dialog z klasyką

2018 ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Antuszewicz
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Romantic Literature ◽  
National Values

I argue for amazing values of the tradition of romanticism. I pay attention to connections between this tradition and the present. I write about necessary changes in reading romantic literature at school. In my point of view the most important is not to talk only about national values. It is really necessary in Poland. We must not continue to think that patriotism means only fighting with other people. Forming students’ national identity is one of the main duties at school but the romantic way of understanding patriotism has to be changed. It is very dangerous in our century. Many researchers also write about it. It is a very important problem of literary studies. I also present suggestions to work with Reduta Ordona in primary school and in junior high school. There are different ideas presented in methodical literature as well as my own suggestions.

scholarly journals Reinventing Ukraine: Ukrainian National and Supra-National Identity in Contemporary Polish Opinion-Making Press

2016 ◽  
pp. 141-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olha Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The One ◽  
External Actors ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Identity Problems ◽  
Ukrainian Society ◽  
The Way

Reinventing Ukraine: Ukrainian National and Supra-National Identity in Contemporary Polish Opinion-Making PressUkraine in XXI century has been experiencing new social and political changes which resulted into shifts of the national identity. It has left resonance not only within Ukrainian society but abroad as well. Historical events such as Orange revolution or Euromaidan provided new directions for reconsidering Ukrainian identity by the external actors. The image of Ukraine has been created abroad with the help of mass media, which enable the wide audience to receive information about particular events and make own conclusions. Information, presented in the opinion-making press worth better for deliberating the issue of identity. Thus, this paper seeks to investigate how Polish intellectuals present Ukraine in contemporary Polish opinion-making press. This research on the one hand provides understanding of Ukrainian identity problems, and gives possibility to examine positive and negative aspects of the way identity has been expressed. On the other hand, it demonstrates the way public opinion-makers in Poland perceive, construct and reconstruct identity of Ukraine, Ukrainian nation and present them to their society. The article seeks to investigate what attributes of Ukrainian identity were crucial for Polish media. What factors, historical events, cultural and political features, myth and symbols were important for deliberating Ukraine in Polish opinion-making press. Ponowne odkrycie Ukrainy: Ukraińska narodowa i ponadnarodowa tożsamość we współczesnej polskiej prasie opiniotwórczejW XXI wieku Ukraina przeżywa nowe zmiany społeczne i polityczne, które prowadzą do zmian tożsamości narodowej. To spowodowało rezonans nie tylko w społeczeństwie ukraińskim, ale również za granicą. Najnowsze wydarzenia historyczne, takie jak Pomarańczowa Rewolucja czy Euromajdan, na nowo ożywiły wśród podmiotów zewnętrznych dyskusję o ukraińskiej tożsamości. Zewnętrzny wizerunek Ukrainy kształtują środki masowego przekazu, które dostarczają szerokiej publiczności informacji o wydarzeniach historycznych. Informacje prezentowane w prasie opiniotwórczej są istotnym źródłem dla rozważań nad kwestiami tożsamości w ogóle. Artykuł ma na celu zbadanie, jak polscy intelektualiści przedstawiają Ukrainę we współczesnej polskiej prasie. Badanie umożliwi zrozumienie problemów ukraińskiej tożsamości, będzie także prezentacją pozytywnych i negatywnych jej aspektów. Zarazem jednak unaoczni, w jaki sposób polskie środowiska opiniotwórcze postrzegają, konstruują i rekonstruują tożsamość Ukrainy i narodu ukraińskiego i jak przedstawiają te kwestie społeczeństwu. Staram się jednocześnie wyjaśnić, jakie atrybuty ukraińskiej tożsamości – wydarzenia historyczne, cechy kulturowe i polityczne, mity i symbole – były istotne dla rozważań nad Ukrainą w polskiej prasie opiniotwórczej.

scholarly journals Strategies to grow a proud attitude towards Indonesian cultural diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 810-820
Author(s):  
Endang Fatmawati
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Folk Songs ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
National Values ◽  
Exploratory Approach

Indonesia has a diversity of cultures from all over the archipelago. Every citizen must play an active role in maintaining and preserving national identity. The purpose of this study is to conduct a literature review on strategies to foster a proud attitude towards Indonesia’s cultural diversity. The research method uses a literature review with an exploratory approach so that different perspectives can be explained. Data were collected through literature studies related to the topic of cultural diversity through relevant books and journals. The conclusion is that cultural diversity attracts other nations to visit Indonesia so that it becomes the nation’s superior and strength. Forms of cultural diversity and forms of cultural love can grow and strengthen national values. These include folk songs, regional dances, traditional musical instruments, as well as various other local wisdom. 

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