Shaping the Slovak Identity and the Manifestation Thereof in the Social Iconosphere. The Case of the Slovak National Museum

David Václavík

Shaping the Slovak Identity and the Manifestation Thereof in the Social Iconosphere. The Case of the Slovak National Museum

Číslo: 2/2019
Periodikum: Historická sociologie
DOI: 10.14712/23363525.2019.15

Klíčová slova: Slovak National Museum; national identity; discursive analysis; nationalism; religion

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Anotace: The article deals with the role of the National Museum in the process of creating a Slovak national identity. It focuses mainly on the specifics that were associated with the establishment

of the Slovak National Museum as an institution. These were closely related to the complicated
history of the formation of Slovak national consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries. It also
focuses on analyzing the architecture of the main buildings of the Slovak National Museum and
its connection with the concept of the museum as an educational, public, and political institution.
Finally, it analyzes two important permanent collections – historical and ethnographic. At the
same time, attention is paid to the role played by the well-known conceptualizations of the Slovak
nation.