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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... argued that what Hill (and Alexander) unwittingly demonstrate is that there are multiple competing definitions of ... argue. We want to create a shift from questions of the type: 'what does it mean to be Scottish' to questioning the ...
... argued for a nationalist ontology: people may not always construe themselves in terms of nationhood, but national divisions are the motor that drives history forward. The political task is to turn the nation 'in itself' into the nation ...
... argue against those of her fellow Bolsheviks who supported the right of nations to self-determination. She argued that such a slogan sounded fine, but in practice it proved empty and meaningless. It is worth reproducing her argument at ...
... argue that these are merely the signs of the Volksgeist. They might emanate from the national spirit but they don't constitute the essence of the nation. In more modern terms, this translates into the argument that language, character ...
... argued that all nations need to be conceptualized in ethnic terms even if that ethnicity is fictitious. This ... arguments about nationhood in national terms, it could be said that the French tradition, in which the nation is seen as a ...
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 |