"For Renan, such events lodge in the nation's contested myth-symbol complex to defer collective violence rather than incite it." Intentionally or not, that formulation resonates with the ideas of Eric Gans, for whom all cultural representation functions as the deferral of violence. --
"For Renan, such events lodge in the nation's contested myth-symbol complex to defer collective violence rather than incite it." Intentionally or not, that formulation resonates with the ideas of Eric Gans, for whom all cultural representation functions as the deferral of violence. --
Not sure I would yet have known about Gans in 2004. The thesis is convincing, evidenced by what is unfolding on our streets today in its absence.