Olives: the Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit by Mort Rosenblum

Olives: the Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit by Mort Rosenblum

Symbolism and Politics is a timely intervention into ongoing debates around the function of political symbols in a historical period characterized by volatile electoral behaviour, fragmented societies in search of collective identifications, and increasingly polarized political models.

Symbols are central features of organized human life, helping to define perception, shaping the way we view the world and understand what goes on within it. But, despite this key role in shaping understanding, there is never a single interpretation of a symbol that everyone within the community will accept, and the way in which symbols can mobilize antagonistic political factions demonstrates that they are as much a central element in power struggles as they are avenues to facilitate processes of identification. This dual potential is the object of discussion in the chapters of this book, which sheds new light on our understanding of the political function of symbols in a historical period.

Symbolism and Politics will be of great interest to scholars working on Political Symbols, Nationalism, Regime Change and Political Transitions. The chapters originally published as a special issue of Politics, Religion & Ideology.

Rosenblum, Mort: - Mort Rosenblum was an Associated Press foreign correspondent for nearly forty years until 2004, covering coups, earthquakes, wars, and everything else in more than one hundred countries. He was editor of the International Herald Tribune from 1979 to1981. He has written twelve books, including Escaping Plato's Cave, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize eight times. He splits his time between a boat on the Seine in Paris and an olive farm in the south of France

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ISBN 13	9780865475038
ISBN 10	0865475032
Title	Olives: the Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit
Author	Mort Rosenblum
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	North Point Press
Year published	1996-11-29
Number of pages	250
Prizes	Winner of James Beard Foundation Book Awards (Writing on Food) 1997
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