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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... concept of human nature that, more than a statistical shadow and less than a primitivist dream, has both substance and truth' (1993: 51–52). Following Geertz, we wished to explore the general relationship between the ways in which ...
... concepts used by each are so inhabited by the other. It is as if, on each side, a central member of the family had been banished to the nether regions and, while never spoken of by name, still haunted each and every conversation. This ...
... concept of nation has come to incorporate a psychological dimension. Perhaps the two most famous quotations in this regard are from Rupert Emerson and Benedict Anderson. Emerson states that: 'the simplest statement that can be made ...
... concepts. It may help to provide a concrete example of each. Genevieve Paicheler (1988) illustrates how the emergence of ... concept of a group in social psychology has been defined in relation to the nation. Work on groups and group ...
... concept of “group” identical to the definition of “nation” proposed by the historian Emerson' (1978: 28) and he then provides the famous quotation reproduced above. All in all, social psychology is as thoroughly haunted by the nation as ...
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 |