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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... Union rather than a context where a supra-national state was being divided into constituent nations, we might find less credibility given to the idea of the singular national identity. So consider the following. It is taken from a book ...
... union was declared between the two countries and the Edinburgh parliament was dissolved, although Scotland retained a separate church, as well as separate legal and educational systems. Initial opposition to the Union soon died down ...
... Union only added to the impetus, the most acute concerns accompanied the periodic upsurges of violence, most notably around the break up of Yugoslavia. To quote from the back-cover blurb for Michael Ignatieff's account of his journeys ...
... Union. We will address the thesis of national character in the next chapter. Suffice to say here that the term is more normative than descriptive. That leaves culture. In 1926, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin answered the question 'what ...
... Union Jack should be retained and the extent to which Aboriginal imagery should be included. Monarchists and republicans, multiculturalists and conservative nationalists remain at loggerheads over the answer (Foley, 1996). Moving on to ...
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 |