Ideology and nationalism
The Finnish move to independence, 1809-1918
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2145702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tracy X Karner (University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 152-169 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.1991.9993705 |
| OpenAlex | W1995575122 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 22 |
Sociologists often dismiss the emergence of unique nationalist identities as reflections of changing structural elements, namely the political and economic. In this article I view nationalism as a socially created and sustained ideological discourse. From this orientation, the importance of attending to cultural or symbolic constructions within nationalist movements becomes more pronounced. Thompson's (1987) re-orien-tational conceptions of ideology are used as an interpretative frame to analyse the construction of nineteenth-century Finnish nationalism. Through this theoretical focus on language, the Kalevala, a book of Finnish folk poems, can be seen as a socio-historical phenomenon amidst human conflict. This collection of poems provided the necessary discourse used to disrupt the previous Swedish cultural and emergent Russian political dominance. Symbolizing the invented culture, the Kalevala served as the basis for popular Finnishness, as well as politically mobilizing critical ideological assertions. The creation, transmission, and contestation of social meaning, through the use of language and material culture, specifically embodied in the Kalevala, is traced throughout the Finnish struggle for independence
Aesthetics · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ideology · Independence (probability theory · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Historical Studies of British Isles · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
Constructing Ethnicity
“The Kalevala” in the Global Cultural Space
Mobilising Children for National Defence
Language ideologies and literacy achievement
Constructing the 'Self' of Self-Determination
Gender and national identity in Finland
State formation and the rise of elementary education at the periphery of Europe
Memory, Material Culture, and Experience of Resistance in Early Twentieth-Century Finland
Remaking ethnic nationalism
Constructing Ethnicity
Competitive ethnic relations
The politics of cultural pluralism
The ethnic origins of nations
Nations and Nationalism
Two Finnish minorities in Sweden
Finnish Folk Poetry
Nationalism and the process of group mobilisation
Nationalism as group solidarity
National and Ethnic Movements
Ethnic groups in conflict
Finland
Language and Ideology
Imputing Beliefs
Ethnic Mobilization in New and Old States
Mobilization and Meaning
Explaining nationalism
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |