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I want to know the meaning of "summoning an ancient and personal loyalty" in below phrase in The Economist.
To see where this leads you need a handle on what nationalism is and how it works. What connects a skinhead wrapped in the flag of St George to a granny waving at the Queen with a Union Flag on a stick? When Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Law and Justice, whips up one of the mass-meetings at which he peddles conspiracy theories on a chilly Tuesday evening, what alchemy persuades each member of his audience that he is summoning an ancient and personal loyalty? Why would someone avoid talking to a stranger on the bus but lay down her life for him on the battlefield?
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<Whither nationalism?>
I am in quandary if above long sentence should be understood as A or B or neither.
A;
summoning can be replaced by telling or speaking or taling, and this summoning = telling's objective is audience.
What alchemy persuades each member of his audience to whom he is speaking an ancient and personal loyalty?
To put this into simple sentence structure, I persuade him a loyalty. >>>>>> I explained him that he has to give me a loyalty and he agreed.
Or, B
B;
When I checked the dictionary, I found the sample sentence of "persuade".
I couldn't persuade him that she was a liar.
<英語「persuade」の意味・使い方・読み方 | Weblio英和辞書>
Yes, I know fully what this simple sentence means.
If this basic sentence structure applies to above difficult sentence, then I cannot understand the meaning of "he is summoning an ancient and personal loyalty".
For your info, I can understand both sentences.
He tried to summon the will power to get out of bed.
It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
I cannot understand the phrase, "summon loyalty",,,,,,, ancient ??? personal ???
Please help me to understand this difficult sentence.
Inouez
I want to know the meaning of "summoning an ancient and personal loyalty" in below phrase in The Economist.
To see where this leads you need a handle on what nationalism is and how it works. What connects a skinhead wrapped in the flag of St George to a granny waving at the Queen with a Union Flag on a stick? When Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Law and Justice, whips up one of the mass-meetings at which he peddles conspiracy theories on a chilly Tuesday evening, what alchemy persuades each member of his audience that he is summoning an ancient and personal loyalty? Why would someone avoid talking to a stranger on the bus but lay down her life for him on the battlefield?
Link is here.
<Whither nationalism?>
I am in quandary if above long sentence should be understood as A or B or neither.
A;
summoning can be replaced by telling or speaking or taling, and this summoning = telling's objective is audience.
What alchemy persuades each member of his audience to whom he is speaking an ancient and personal loyalty?
To put this into simple sentence structure, I persuade him a loyalty. >>>>>> I explained him that he has to give me a loyalty and he agreed.
Or, B
B;
When I checked the dictionary, I found the sample sentence of "persuade".
I couldn't persuade him that she was a liar.
<英語「persuade」の意味・使い方・読み方 | Weblio英和辞書>
Yes, I know fully what this simple sentence means.
If this basic sentence structure applies to above difficult sentence, then I cannot understand the meaning of "he is summoning an ancient and personal loyalty".
For your info, I can understand both sentences.
He tried to summon the will power to get out of bed.
It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
I cannot understand the phrase, "summon loyalty",,,,,,, ancient ??? personal ???
Please help me to understand this difficult sentence.
Inouez
