How Do Flowers Kill? - The Japanese Emperor and Modern Dictators
Library of Congress.
John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress),
sponsoring body
moving image
videorecording
government publication
two-dimensional moving image
dcu
2009
monographic
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress,
publisher
2009-06-18.
eng
1 online resource
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, an expert on symbols of Japanese identity, compares the representations of the Meiji emperor of Japan with those of Lenin, Stalin and Hitler in a lecture titled "How Do Flowers Kill? -- The Japanese Emperor and Modern Dictators." Using examples from modern Japan, Germany and the Soviet Union, Ohnuki-Tierney explores how different traditions use symbols in creating and expressing political, religious, and symbolic power. The lecture contrasts the symbolism of cherry blossoms as used by the Japanese state during the modern period with that of roses, which were extensively deployed by all three dictators in order to illustrate how the words and symbols through which humans try to communicate do not always ensure understanding among people.
Kids, Families.
Researchers.
Teachers.
Classification: Education.
Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
Classification: Political Science.
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney.
Recorded on 2009-06-18.
Culture, Folklife.
Government, Law.
Religion.
Culture, Performing Arts.
Education.
Government, World Affairs.
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