Reaction to "Constructing the Swastika" by Jennifer Hadden

Due to the swastika's irreversible connotation to the Nazi party of WWII, the swastika has proven the power of symbols as a political and social tool rather than just representational media. Since it's birth as a symbol of good luck, the swastika's later use as a medium of the "victory of the Aryan man" recognized the use of symbol as a control method. Abstractly, symbols in daily life are used to the same extent, i.e. public awareness signage. Although these symbols are used as navigational tools rather than a collective identity, which the swastika became. The Nazi party recognized that "the 19th century Europe had entered a visual age.. an age in which political symbols... proved more effective than any didactic speech." This quote gives rise to an expanding visual culture we live in, guided by images, signs and symbols, we making meaning out of these 'guidelines' and often do not question their preceding significance nor their future authority.