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The Nature of Flag Power: How Flags Entail Dominance, Subordination, and Social Solidarity
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- Shanafelt, , Robert (Author)
Title
The Nature of Flag Power: How Flags Entail Dominance, Subordination, and Social Solidarity
Abstract
Conventionally, flags are explained as symbols of group solidarity that achieve force through ritual processes. Alternatively, flags may be seen as symbols with positive or negative associations derived from our experiences with physical space. While this article accepts these interpretations, it also argues that they need to be augmented. Flag meaning is not entirely a social or linguistic construction because there is a link between flag displays and our inherent predispositions to cues about social rank. Our evolved social intelligence makes us sensitive to the topographic features of flag displays that signal relationships of dominance and subordination.
Publication
Politics and the Life Sciences
Date
September 2008
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
13-27
DOI
ISSN
0730-9384
Language
[eng] English
Library Catalog
International Vexillological Index (IVI)
License
available for purchase online at URL
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[IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3
Citation
Shanafelt, Robert. 2008. “The Nature of Flag Power: How Flags Entail Dominance, Subordination, and Social Solidarity.” Politics and the Life Sciences 27 (2): 13–27. https://doi.org/10.2990/27_2_13.
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