Palio di Siena or victory justifies the means. A few remarks on contrade forming the identity of Siena’s inhabitants from the axiological perspective
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https://doi.org/10.12775/10.12775/TSP-W.2019.002Keywords
Palio, contrada, Siena, morality, local identityAbstract
The subject of the article is the analysis of a specific case: the importance of the contrade and tradition of Palio di Siena to shape the identity of the citizens of this city. One of the elements of the human identity is morality and this aspect has been analyzed. The article shows the conventional character of moral norms, which originate from small communities in which a man is socialized. Scientific research on the influence of various communities on the shaping of the identity of an individual is a current topic, because more and more clearly in the development of societies, the coexistence of two tendencies: globalization and locality.
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