Banal Nationalism Disputes in Venezuela: 1999–2019

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Nationalism Memory and Language Politics Pub Date : 2020-11-27 DOI:10.2478/jnmlp-2020-0007

Gabriel E Andrade

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Abstract

Abstract Michael Billig's idea of “banal nationalism” is a useful concept to approach a frequently neglected aspect of Venezuelan political disputes in the past 20 years. In Billig's formulation, banal nationalism is the constant reaffirmation of a nation's identity, through the display of national symbols. After Hugo Chavez rose to power, there were changes to Venezuela's flag, coat of arms, and banknotes. This aroused disputes that served as a micro-cosmos of Venezuela's larger confrontation. This article reviews the disputes over the changes made to those national symbols. It concludes that, although political and economic issues are at stake in Venezuela's current crisis, there are also ongoing culture wars. In that sense, an analysis of Venezuela's recent crisis would be incomplete without a consideration of its banal nationalism disputes.

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委内瑞拉平庸的民族主义争端:1999-2019

迈克尔·比利格的“平庸的民族主义”概念是一个有用的概念，可以用来研究过去20年来委内瑞拉政治争端中经常被忽视的方面。在比利格的表述中，平庸的民族主义是通过展示民族符号来不断重申一个民族的身份。乌戈·查韦斯上台后，委内瑞拉的国旗、国徽和纸币都发生了变化。这引发了争议，成为委内瑞拉更大对抗的一个微观世界。本文回顾了对这些国家标志的修改所引起的争议。报告的结论是，尽管委内瑞拉当前的危机涉及政治和经济问题，但也存在正在进行的文化战争。从这个意义上说，如果不考虑其平庸的民族主义争端，对委内瑞拉最近危机的分析将是不完整的。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by De Gruyter on behalf of the Charles University. It is committed to exploring divergent scholarly opinions, research and theories of current international academic experts, and is a forum for discussion and hopes to encourage free-thinking and debate among academics, young researchers and professionals over issues of importance to the politics of identity and memory as well as the political dimensions of language policy in the 20th and 21st centuries. The journal is indexed with and included in Google Scholar, EBSCO, CEEOL and SCOPUS. We encourage research articles that employ qualitative or quantitative methodologies as well as empirical historical analyses regarding, but not limited to, the following issues: -Trends in nationalist development, whether historical or contemporary -Policies regarding national and international institutions of memory as well as investigations into the creation and/or dissemination of cultural memory -The implementation and political repercussions of language policies in various regional and global contexts -The formation, cohesion and perseverance of national or regional identity along with the relationships between minority and majority populations -The role ethnicity plays in nationalism and national identity -How the issue of victimhood contributes to national or regional self-perception -Priority is given to issues pertaining to the 20th and 21st century political developments While our focus is on empirical articles, our scope remains open to exceptional theoretical works (especially if they incorporate empirical research), book reviews and translations.