His book will interest anyone who wishes to probe beneath the surface of national identity. |
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A national identity should not be confused with individual or personal characteristics. |
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So, when you get involved into the European community your sense of your own national identity is enhanced in fact. |
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My appreciation of this country stems from the fact that our national identity is impossible to pin down. |
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Do you really think that the British would want to lose their national identity? |
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The national identity of being a Mauritian is forged early in school and continues in the workplace. |
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Part of this may be that the church is integral to national identity and tradition. |
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The absence of a sustained analysis on the role of literature and popular culture in the shaping of national identity is more serious. |
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As Belgians became emphatically European, their own national identity was increasingly under question. |
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He urged that they craft a constitution that expressed their national identity and ethnic plurality, but also addressed the issue of modernity. |
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And Guggisberg insists that all national history must contain an element of exceptionalism to give shape to national identity. |
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This surprising degree of coincidence of territory and national identity has been achieved in two ways. |
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The survey, conducted between mid-April and mid-June, found most ethnic groups were evenly split on the issue of national identity. |
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The Bhutanese are fiercely protective of their national identity and natural heritage. |
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The result was a fragmented national identity symbolized and implemented by the white minority government's policy of racial separation. |
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I know to get a passport you need to use your national identity card and a birth certificate. |
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Any national identity card introduced in the UK will have to meet new international standards for biometrics. |
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For decades, the national identity represented a progressive Utopia in her eyes. |
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No surprise then that the idea of a national identity card is once again being considered. |
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For example, some museum curators are expected to address criteria such as national identity and indigenousness. |
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His study offers an analysis of the cultural constructions of gender and national identity during the war years. |
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Issues of national identity and statehood shaped attitudes to common defence. |
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What should be one of the most important facts of our national identity is instead one of the government's most closely guarded secrets! |
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Most of the population is not particularly observant, but religion is an important aspect of national identity. |
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Indeed, throughout the occupation, the stream of images continues to feel disturbingly discordant with our national identity. |
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Arter suggested that the positive vote of this younger group was a vote for a new national identity as west Europeans. |
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For almost all northern Europeans, national identity continues to be wrapped up in, and equated with, ethnic background. |
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The establishment of a national identity and its domestic elaboration were the preoccupation of this period. |
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From the beginning Pakeha New Zealanders have struggled to establish and define a national identity for themselves. |
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Before the nineteenth century, the national identity was synonymous with the peasantry. |
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Others believe that the forging of a common national identity will help eliminate racism. |
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The Namibian national identity must be reflected by all Namibians and not only by the Hereros. |
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I refer, of course, to the place of the Aboriginal population in Australian national identity. |
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Rugby is the one thing New Zealanders are good at, and their whole national identity is wrapped up in it. |
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Belgium was founded 175 years ago, when the Walloons and the Flemish decided to forge a common national identity. |
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The first of these, with Pico Iyer as moderator, discussed questions of national identity. |
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They want British national identity to be extended to them on the same basis that it is to the English, the Scots and the Welsh. |
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It is to do with the loss of our national identity and nothing whatsoever to do with money or benefits we may or may not derive from such a move. |
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Despite ethnic unrest, Nepalis have a strong sense of national identity and pride. |
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Get rid of flags and you deprive people of the most instantly recognisable symbol of national identity. |
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The writings consider gender, sexual, and ethnic difference as, respectively, recuperable within and alternative to national identity. |
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The sense of national identity is no longer viewed as precluding local and regional identities. |
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The history of Slovak parliamentarianism stems from the struggles of Slovaks for national identity and state sovereignty. |
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Complicating the issue of national identity was the rise of a distinct and separate youth culture. |
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Certain foods are emblematic of the national identity, including moussaka, baklava, thick coffee, and resinated wine. |
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Such a capacity to identify and contrast peoples by distinguishing characteristics is a feature of a sense of national identity. |
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Only by pushing for a name change can the country build itself as a polity and thereby establish a national identity. |
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The degree to which a coherent national identity has existed is debatable despite the assimilationist policies of the government. |
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Each side views its version of Tibetan history as an essential part of its national identity. |
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Until late February starts the drumbeat for March Madness, college basketball suffers from a national identity crisis. |
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Language is a significant cultural marker of national identity for a people whose culture has always been under siege because of colonialism. |
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That period of artistic production is well known for its connection to a nexus of ideas about national identity, inherent African creativity, and state patronage of the arts. |
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Given the symbolic potency of the Anzac legend, the Australian War Memorial has long held a central place in mainstream Australian national identity. |
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The mobilization of women in the construction of new concepts of modern living in Japan intertwined aesthetics, domestic hygiene, and national identity. |
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What better way to articulate the fraught complexities of our national identity in the brave new world of home rule than through two nights a week of soap opera? |
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Much of this cultural ferment was a reaction to colonialism, as Nigerians were rediscovering their own cultures, their history, and forming a sense of their national identity. |
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Dictators and other political powers often suppress art because it provides a point of critical resistance, building a new national identity by evoking cultural roots. |
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The creation of a national identity has not been easy considering the differences between island sociocultural practices, languages, and resources. |
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You could call this navel-gazing, or you could agree that national identity is a vague and powerful thing, and deserves the odd moment of contemplation. |
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Like the Scots, the Bavarians retain a strong sense of national identity, although they're far more fun loving and jovial than their northern counterparts. |
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The use of force to deprive peoples of their national identity constitutes a violation of their inalienable rights and of the principle of non-intervention. |
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I do not understand the opposition to a national identity card. |
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Before the advent of roads or railways, the sheer difficulty in traversing Peru's geography was one of the greatest obstacles to solidifying a national identity. |
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Each carried a bouquet of flowers, many of them containing orange blooms as a mark of Dutch national identity, and every child stood before a grave with their head bowed. |
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There, culture is seen as synonymous with the country's national identity, with its almost arrogant self-belief, and with an overweening pride in its own achievements. |
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The drive to create a clearer national identity is also backed by religious leaders who are likewise concerned about the Balkanisation of the country. |
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Technology that could underpin a national identity card scheme has been given a trial run in South Yorkshire as part of a nationwide pilot project. |
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The great challenge for Europe as a whole is how countries can preserve their national identity while sharing in decision-making with the rest of Europe. |
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Obsession with the narrow economic and social concerns of managing the mixed economy sidelined other issues, such as immigration, national identity, or the environment. |
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The whole thing can be read as a repudiation of the idea of national identity, rather than a sober exploration of it. |
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Egyptian ID cards consist of 14 digits, the national identity number, and expire after 7 years from the date of issue. |
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In Canada, different forms of identification documentation are used, but there is no de jure national identity card. |
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The 2001 UK census was criticised in Wales for not offering 'Welsh' as an option to describe respondents' national identity. |
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This reinforcement of the aristocracy must be seen in conjunction with the war in France, as must the emerging sense of national identity. |
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In many literary representations of the medieval past, however, Magna Carta remained a foundation of English national identity. |
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Elizabeth established an English church that helped shape a national identity and remains in place today. |
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After 1707, a British national identity began to develop, though it was initially resisted, particularly by the English. |
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As the party's name suggests, UKIP has always had the politics of national identity at its core. |
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In the 2011 census in Northern Ireland respondents gave their national identity as follows. |
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A total of 83,499 people in England and Wales were described as having a Cornish national identity. |
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In Scotland 467 people described themselves as having Cornish national identity. |
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Canadian advocates of a single official language say it promotes national identity. |
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Sometimes an official language definition can be motivated more by national identity than by linguistic concerns. |
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In the 20th century, Hinduism also gained prominence as a political force and a source for national identity in India. |
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It includes population information on international migration, age, ethnicity, national identity, health, housing and religion. |
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The first one is basically focused on the creation of a sense of national identity, using the ideal of the heroic Indian. |
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Although this person may have an emotional national identity, he or she may not legally be the national of any state. |
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Sometimes a mythic homeland is more important for the national identity than the actual territory occupied by the nation. |
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Racial nationalism is an ideology that advocates a racial definition of national identity. |
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Protestantism became intimately associated with national identity in England. |
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Surveys also show that those choosing 'Northern Irish' regard their national identity as less important than those choosing British and Irish. |
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The German authorities engaged in a systematic effort to destroy Polish culture and national identity. |
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Qatar National Day, hosted annually on 18 December, has had an important role in developing a sense of national identity. |
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It is juxtaposed with an equally strong sense of national identity tied with the use of the Spanish and French languages among other Basques. |
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The preceding analysis provides important insights regarding the multiculturalization of Canadian national identity. |
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Literature developed a distinct national identity and began to enjoy an international reputation. |
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Travellers should still bring a passport or national identity card, as one may be required. |
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Nonetheless, a document stating citizenship, such as a national identity card or an Enhanced Drivers License, is usually required. |
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It laid the foundation for the national identity of Ukrainians and Russians. |
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At the end of 2013, Smart national identity cards, SNICs, were also made available. |
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Therefore, the neo-racist argument targets not only immigrants but also their descendants for the threat they pose to national identity. |
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Scottish national identity is a term referring to the sense of national identity and common culture of the Scottish people. |
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Atsuko Ichijo argues that national identity cannot be equated with a movement for independence. |
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Until the Disruption the Church of Scotland had been seen as the religious expression of national identity and the guardian of Scotland's morals. |
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Since 2000, there has been a gradual decline in Scottish national identity and an increase in British national identity in Scotland. |
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The Declaration has also been seen as one of the most important documents in the development of a Scottish national identity. |
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The identity of being an American are salient after the terrorist attacks and American national identity are evoked. |
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Having a common threat or having a common goal unite people in a nation and enhance national identity. |
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Sociologist Anthony Smith argues that national identity has the feature of continuity that can transmit and persist through generations. |
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The collective elements of national identity may include national symbols, traditions, and memories of national experiences and achievements. |
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In countries that have multiple ethnic groups, ethnic identity and national identity may be in conflict. |
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As immigration increases, many countries face the challenges of constructing national identity and accommodating immigrants. |
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This trend may threaten national identity because globalization undermines the importance of being a citizen of a particular country. |
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National identity markers are those characteristics used to identify a person as possessing a particular national identity. |
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The Cambrian Archaeological Society was founded at a time when a sense of Welsh national identity was increasingly asserting itself. |
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Because Canada's Arctic is central to our national identity as a northern nation. |
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The Gauls played a certain role in the national historiography and national identity of modern France. |
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Later, Heimskringla factored in establishing a national identity during the Norwegian national independence movement. |
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Instead the 'cultural turn' encouraged historians to explore wartime constructions of gender, race, citizenship and national identity. |
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Alpine symbolism has played an essential role in shaping the history of the country and the Swiss national identity. |
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Immediately after 1945 the majority of Austrians still saw themselves as Germans, as a broader Austrian national identity took time to develop. |
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During the French revolution a national identity was crafted, identifying the common people with the Gauls. |
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Numerous movements developed around various cultural groups, who began to develop a sense of national identity. |
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Hospitality, in theory, is given such importance in Senegalese culture that it is widely considered to be part of the national identity. |
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After Santo Domingo achieved independence from Haiti, it established a separate national identity. |
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There is an undeniable symbiotic relationship between cultural heritage, tourism, and a national identity. |
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Thus, the various cultures of Fiji have come together to create a unique multicultural national identity. |
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Akaev linked the development of these courts to the rekindling of Kyrgyz national identity. |
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These readings illuminate certain tensions in what has often been conceptualised as the masculinised images of Scottish national identity. |
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I am surprised that Scotland, with its more advanced attitude to national identity, has not adopted its own suffix already. |
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A sense of northernness is a major theme in Canadian literature and the arts, but to what degree is it a part of national identity? |
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This seems to be the preferred strategy to delimitate Canadian national identity in recent years. |
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A modern spiritual journey, a hejira defined entirely by lines, angles, and national identity. |
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Landscape, agriculture, and climate have been iconized in our art and literature and become foundational for our sentiments of national identity. |
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Emirates Identity Authority has issued a timely reminder that national identity cards are important documents that need to be safeguarded by all. |
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This is an educational empowering tool which instills a great feeling of pride and national identity. |
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France created the Ivorian mirage of an economic miracle and national identity so it is clear that France is historically to blame. |
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Closely tied to this, the visual culture of cartoons, engravings, and paintings bolstered Francophobia for the benefit of national identity. |
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Peruvian national identity was forged during this period, as Bolivarian projects for a Latin American Confederation floundered and a union with Bolivia proved ephemeral. |
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The concept of national identity is inescapably connected with myths. |
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The introduction of conscription and the Third Republic's 1880s laws on public instruction, facilitated the creation of a national identity, under this theory. |
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The political and economic defeat ironically sparked what is known as the Danish Golden Age during which a Danish national identity first came to be fully formed. |
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Victorious rugby tours to Australia and the United Kingdom in the late 1880s and the early 1900s played an early role in instilling a national identity. |
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The Gallipoli campaign played an important part in fostering New Zealand's national identity and strengthened the ANZAC tradition it shares with Australia. |
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In their 2004 Annual Population Survey, the Office for National Statistics compared the ethnic identities of British people with their perceived national identity. |
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Michael Cashman, Labour MEP for the West Midlands, is understandably looking forward to E-Day and maintains that it will strengthen national identity. |
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St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity. |
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The committee cited the unique Welsh national identity and that many students in Wales could not afford to travel to University in England or Scotland. |
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Conversely, the Wars had a positive effect on English national identity, doing much to fuse the various local identities into a national English ideal. |
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In some cases, national identity collides with a person's civil identity. |
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This was easy to do as the native Irish had no great sense of national identity at that time and were prone to mercenarism and shifting alliances. |
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The relocation of capital in line with ethno-linguistic politics of Nazarbeav is among various official policies concerning the publicization of Kazakh's national identity. |
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Because of these conflicts, aboriginal population identify less or do not identify with the national identity of being an Australian, but their ethnic identities are salient. |
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For the Welsh, this war was over national identity, enjoying wide support, provoked particularly by attempts to impose English law on Welsh subjects. |
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The socialization of national identity, such as socializing national pride and a sense of the country's exceptionalism contributes to harmony among ethnic groups. |
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A distinct national identity was shaped by conflict with the French, Scots, Welsh and Irish, and the establishment of English as the primary language. |
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Some specific topics include Francomania in Dickens's journalism, Household Words and the campaign for sanitation reform, and Dickens's search for a national identity. |
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Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales is regarded as one of the modern Celtic nations. |
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This definition of national identity was endorsed by social psychologist, Henri Tajfel, who formulated social identity theory together with John Turner. |
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The extreme expression of national identity is chauvinism, which refers to the firm belief in the country's superiority and extreme loyalty toward one's country. |
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The expression of one's national identity seen in a positive light is patriotism which is characterized by national pride and positive emotion of love for one's country. |
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During the 18th and 19th century the Czech National Revival began its rise, with the purpose to revive Czech language, culture and national identity. |
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Ireland does not issue mandatory national identity cards as such. |
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Ireland has the Public services card, it is a national identity card. |
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Citizens of EU countries are required to have either their national identity cards or passports to enter Andorra, while anyone else requires a passport or equivalent. |
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After centuries of declining use, the Latin form was revived during the English Renaissance as a rhetorical evocation of a British national identity. |
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The intention was to increase feelings of British national identity. |
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National symbols and flags, national anthems, national languages, national myths and other symbols of national identity are highly important in nationalism. |
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The bush is the crucible of Australian national identity because it is here that mateship, that linchpin of Australian national identity, was forged. |
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The visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822 reinvigorated Scottish national identity, melding it with romanticist notions of tartan, kilts and the Scottish Highlands. |
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This study supports a 1988 study by Mary McArthur that had found that the meanings of Cornishness varied substantially, from local to national identity. |
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Although not included as an explicit option in the UK census, the numbers of those claiming Cornish ethnic and national identity are officially recognised and recorded. |
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Survey data shows a rise in the number of people in England describing their national identity as English and a fall in the number describing themselves as British. |
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The commonplace nature of denizenship in Germany strengthens Chin's point that understanding national identity requires more than tracking changes in juridical categories. |
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Within this teleology, artworks must be treated as monophonic documents attesting to German painters' efforts to constitute their national identity. |
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He said that UN peacekeeping was now part of Fiji s national identity. |
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It therefore involved a confirmation, crystallization, and rigidification of the preexisting implicit boundaries of a white national identity and belonging. |
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This Anglocentric mindset ultimately underpinned Australia's entry into the First and Second World Wars, which remain to this day icons of Australia's national identity. |
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This portrayal dissipated somewhat after the 1911 revolution as the new Republic of China now sought to include Manchus within its national identity. |
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