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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... definition of nationalism as a psychological category (Giddens, 1985) and, more particularly, an equation of nationalism with the psychological categories of passion and of sentiment (Hooghe, 1992). The combined taint of extremity and ...
... category. One is dealing with the ways in which people understand who they ... definition of nations does not mean ignoring other dimensions. In Anderson's ... definition of national identity without understanding how people come to ...
... definition of a nation as an imagined community, which we encountered above in the work of Emerson and, particularly, of Benedict Anderson. However it is important to see this definition ... categories becomes viable and meaningful when it ...
... definition of categories. It is only by identifying the characteristics which define an object as such (whether it be a kilt, a clan tartan, a tradition or whatever) that we can determine when it exists and hence how old it is. For ...
... category 'nation' can be applied and defined represents an opportunity rather than a problem. It provides a means of ... define the character of nations to a focus upon the uses of national categories. It may be futile to seek ...
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 |