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The peace symbol, not only represents its namesake but brotherhood, unity, and equality, was employed by many of the "flower children" or "hippies" during the 1950s and 1960s. A clenched fist with the palm facing the viewer--often is a symbol of the oppressed and the need to rise up and fight against those dominating forces--was employed by the Black Panthers during that same era to assert the need for aggression in the struggle for civil rights. | The peace symbol, not only represents its namesake but brotherhood, unity, and equality, was employed by many of the "flower children" or "hippies" during the 1950s and 1960s. A clenched fist with the palm facing the viewer--often is a symbol of the oppressed and the need to rise up and fight against those dominating forces--was employed by the Black Panthers during that same era to assert the need for aggression in the struggle for civil rights. | ||
==Symbolism versus propaganda== | |||
Although propaganda employs the use of symbolism, they are not the same. Propaganda is a form of communication that expresses an idea which is usually linked to a suggestive political or moral point of view. | |||
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Symbolism is the act of creating a concept, thing, object, or idea that represents an abstraction or an instance of that abstraction. It should be noted that symbolism is not the same thing as creating an icon in the religious sense, which is a physical representation of something that is worshipped such as an image of a god or deity.
An extreme example of symbolism was Hitler's use of the swastika to represent not only the Nazi party, but also in graphic depictions to demonstrate the idealistic domination that Hitler wanted to acheive.
The peace symbol, not only represents its namesake but brotherhood, unity, and equality, was employed by many of the "flower children" or "hippies" during the 1950s and 1960s. A clenched fist with the palm facing the viewer--often is a symbol of the oppressed and the need to rise up and fight against those dominating forces--was employed by the Black Panthers during that same era to assert the need for aggression in the struggle for civil rights.
Symbolism versus propaganda
Although propaganda employs the use of symbolism, they are not the same. Propaganda is a form of communication that expresses an idea which is usually linked to a suggestive political or moral point of view.