From Muslim countries (and also nations such as China), we are now seeing pushback grounded in reassertions of cultural and national pride.
Adorno did not base this argument on the fact that Stravinsky himself voiced sympathy for Mussolini in the nineteen-thirties; instead, he felt that a Fascist mentality was ingrained in the music, simply in its reassertion of tonality after Schoenberg's putative annihilation of it.
The internationalization of Japan also has resulted in a reassertion of Japanese nationalism, particularly among the older members of society who see Japan losing its identity amid the influx of foreign culture.
The key figures in the reassertion of control have been Jérome Nzokirantevye (head of the national broadcasting network), Willy Nyamitwe (a Hutu Power zealot and all powerful communication adviser), and Edouard Nduwimania (the interior minister, who has been broadcasting an unrelenting stream of murderous messages from Ngozi).
Now they are back, in a quiet reassertion of Dutch history.
That seemed to be what Barack Obama was after Monday, an echo of F.D.R. in 1937 — a reassertion of government, of commonality.
Those who worry about the slippery slope of encroachments on gun rights would find comfort in an explicit reassertion and reinforcement of the general right to bear arms.
In a bold reassertion of its judicial independence from Beijing and Hong Kong, the territory's highest court ruled today that a 3-year-old boy born here to a mainland Chinese mother has the right to residency.
It was also clearly a propaganda event at a time of heightened tensions between the United and China over a raft of issues, including differences over how to handle Syria's violent crackdown of protests and suspicion in Beijing over the reassertion of American power in Asia.
This was mostly a project of reassertion: yes, the church still believes in the Resurrection, the Trinity and the Virgin birth.
In the weeks following reassertion of Chinese control over Tibet, the world tour of the 2008 Olympic torch drew significant protests in London, Paris, San Francisco, and Seoul in support of the Tibetan uprising.
