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National anxieties and personal fear – what psychoanalysis tells us about the comfort we find in flags

National anxieties and personal fear – what psychoanalysis tells us about the comfort we find in flags

Understanding why we cling to objects in a moments of uncertainty helps explain the appearance of English flags on roadsides and in towns.

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