{"id":295353,"date":"2025-05-19T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=295353"},"modified":"2025-05-17T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T07:37:51","slug":"peace-symbolism-icons-and-iconography-post-19th-century-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/05\/peace-symbolism-icons-and-iconography-post-19th-century-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Symbolism: Icons and Iconography Post 19th Century (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This publication is suitable for general readership. Parental guidance is recommended for minors, who may use this publication as a project, resource. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Two Great Peace Icons of the 21st Century:\u00a0 Prof. Antonio C. S. Rosa (left) and Prof. Johan Galtung\u00a0 – Photo Credit: TRANSCEND Media Service<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 May 2025 –<\/em> As stated in Part 1 of the series on Peace Symbolism, in the 21st<\/sup> century, the term icons[i]<\/a> conjure up images of computer software or branding for the younger generation, unlike in the medieval era, icons were associated with religious entities, popularized in the Byzantine Empire in 330 CE under the first Christian, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.[ii]<\/a><\/p>\n

This publication, the second part, in a two-part series, highlights the modern day Icons[iii]<\/a> and their aims to attach and enhance the financial gains as well as the monetary value of some individual, such as an F1 driver, or fashion model, or a professional league scoccer player, not for reasons of adding value to the community but to add to the coffers of the organization or company the modern icon represents, such as the famous three star Daimler vehicular products.<\/p>\n

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  1. Defining Secular and Non-Religious Icons<\/strong>[iv]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Secular icons are individuals, symbols, or movements that influence society\u00a0independent of religious frameworks<\/strong>. They may represent a diverse range of humans,\u00a0 entities like The Palm Island in UAE, items, like the mobile phone devices, organizations such as Red Crescent and Red Cross, medication such as the discovery of anti TB drug, streptomycin.\u00a0 All these have earned the classification as been ICONIC.\u00a0 These icons may be categorized as follows:<\/p>\n