Self and NationSAGE, 2000 M12 18 - 256 pages A `RARE BOOK′ FROM LOCAL AUTHORS `Here is a rare book, a truly helpful piece of work on the psychology of nationalism. Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins, of St Andrews and Dundee Universities, focus much of their study of recent Scottish experience, drawing on inter-views with political activists. The cast light on why our `Unionists′ and nationalists feel so sure their side represents our national identity and the other lot doesn′t. For once it is a compliment to say a book raises more questions than it answers. Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins open up large questions closer inspection′ - Glasgow Herald `In this impressive book Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins draw from a wealth of research to address issues of nationality, national identity and nationalism that lie at the heart of core topics in social psychology and its cognate disciplines. They have produced a powerful and scholarly text that interweaves an abundance of rich empirical data with a broad-reaching and timely theoretical statement. Moreover, the content is not confined to matters of national identity but also extends to treatments of stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup conflict, leadership, collective action, and the self .... For all these reasons, the book should serve essential and compelling reading for a very broad audience′ - S Alexander Haslam, Australian National University `Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins write with elegance and clarity, drawing the reader into their argument, without losing any of its complexity and nuance. This book deserves to make a major impact in studies of nationalism. It ought to become a classic.... I′m quite bowled over - it′s really brilliant′ - David McCrone, Edinburgh University |
From inside the book
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... British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 6919 5 ISBN 0 7619 6920 9 (pbk) Library of Congress catalog card number available Typeset by Keystroke ...
... British Government], a major article on Britishness by Gordon Brown [Chancellor of the Exchequer], and suggestions of a shift in Alex Salmond's thinking on Scottish independence [Salmond being the leader of the Scottish National Party] ...
... British state and the creation of devolved parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Such a context of division is bound to lead to a focus on difference and hence a need to identify exactly what it is that renders any one ...
... British imperial vision. Thus, when Richard Dimbleby's reverential coronation commentary included the assertion that ... British industrialism and British imperialism, others accuse him of deliberately over-playing his hand. Even if ...
... British nationalism in referring to him as 'that arch-enemy of Scottish Home Rule . . . a.k.a. Lord Dacre' (1989: 164). The implication of this is that there is little use in trying to distinguish between invented and authentic versions ...
Contents
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3 Nation and Mobilization | 53 |
4 National Identity and International Relations | 77 |
5 In Quest of National Character | 100 |
6 Lessons in National History | 131 |
7 Representing the National Community | 152 |
8 Changing Categories and Changing Contexts | 181 |
9 Nationalist Psychology and the Psychology of Nationhood | 204 |
References | 223 |
Author Index | 235 |
Subject Index | 239 |