National Identity as a Historical Narrative

V. A. Achkasov ()

Administrative Consulting, 2018, issue 10

Abstract: The author of the article notes that the political use of the past is important for the construction of all types of collective identity. However, the past and the historical memory have special significance for the “imagined nations†. In point of fact, the historical narratives of national unity fulfill an integrative function, that reduces the level of existing differences. Consequently, this function is allowed the members of the nation to comprehend themselves as belonging to the “collective identity†. Hereby, political elites play a special role in the process of the national identity formation, as they have access to the most influential forms of public discourse, such as mass media, politics, science, education and state bureaucracy. And this means that they have “access to the consciousness†of the masses.

Date: 2018
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.acjournal.ru/jour/article/viewFile/833/922 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:acf:journl:y:2018:id:833

DOI: 10.22394/1726-1139-2018-10-19-26

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Administrative Consulting from Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. North-West Institute of Management.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().