# Cultural images of the powerless

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The post argues that powerful and subordinate cultures construct reciprocal stereotypes that combine resentment, admiration, condescension, and identification.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 8 December 2005

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 December 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: power, nationalism, culture, identity.

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