Cultural Initiatives
Legitimation
Regimes deploy state-organized cultural programs—exhibitions, performances, educational initiatives—that appear apolitical but embed ideological messaging, converting political power into cultural legitimacy by laundering ideology through aesthetics and building institutional dependencies that normalize the regime’s worldview.
Regimes deploy state-organized cultural programs—exhibitions, performances, educational initiatives—that appear apolitical but embed ideological messaging, converting political power into cultural legitimacy by laundering ideology through aesthetics and building institutional dependencies that normalize the regime’s worldview.
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Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Cultural {Initiatives}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/cultural-initiatives.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Cultural Initiatives,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/cultural-initiatives.html.