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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... identity are all around us. Finding evidence is no more difficult than finding sand on a beach. For those who ... Scottish independence [Salmond being the leader of the Scottish National Party]. For all the talk of focus groups and poll ...
... identity which accurately describes what people are like in the here and now, it could be argued that what Hill (and ... Scottish' to questioning the different consequences of the different ways in which Scotland is defined. In other words, ...
... identity and national being. Each book stands alone and there will be more than enough theory in the following pages ... Scottish politicians and the Scottish media and activists in the various struggles around the formation of a ...
... identity is constructed and the ways people act through a detailed appreciation of the Scottish case. But this wasn't appreciated quite so much by our editors and our reviewers. They were concerned that, however valid our argument, it ...
... Scottish literary antiquity and, if the latter, where one locates the roots of the Scots – many of whose early ... identity. It is more useful to consider how any version of the national past and of national identity serves contemporary ...
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 |