Mining Public Discourse for Emerging Dutch Nationalism

Defining the relationship between the evolutions of the museum institution and the nationalism discourse in the modern and postmodern era

The museum as a cultural-social institution is influenced by the values of the society and the ideology that dominates it. Among these ideologies is nationalism, which has been particularly important in the formation and evolution of museums in the world. The transformation of museums since the establishment of this institution in Europe can be related to the idea of nationalism, which can be e...

Romantic Pedigree of Pahlavi the First’ Nationalism Discourse and National Identity Education in Primary Textbooks

As a modern autocracy, Reza Shah's government adopted a romantic authoritarian nationalist discourse that was rooted in the ideas of German thinkers such as Fichte and Herder as its paradigm for establishing Iranian national identity. This discourse insisted on the "national characteristics" and imagined the nation based on "romanticism" as an eternal phenomenon and national history was conside...

Public sphere and intellectual discourses in Iran

The Roots of African Nationalism: A Conceptual and Historiographical Discourse

The literature on African nationalism is replete with conceptual categories that describe the various stages and types of African nationalism and the resistance to colonial rule. Among the foremost scholars on African nationalism are J. Ade Ajayi and Terrence Ranger. The works of these scholars appear to have created a conceptual disagreement on the roots of African nationalism. The article ana...

300: Cultural Stereotypes and War against Barbarism

During the era of Bush administration and post-September 11th anti-terrorism discourse, the movie 300 was one of the best exemplar of a close relationship between Hollywood pop culture products and the neo-conservatives’ political discourse of nationalism. From my point of view, 300 is not an example of outstanding artistic films, but a film that more than any other film contains an Iranophobic...