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 |
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... examples) and another – this one – which summarizes the theory but then concentrates on illustrating and applying it through a study of the relationship between national identity and national being. Each book stands alone and there will ...
... examples from all around the globe as evidence of the identity–action relationships which we are claiming. We show that they don't only obtain in one small part of one small island on the north western periphery of Western Europe ...
... example of each. Genevieve Paicheler (1988) illustrates how the emergence of social psychology as a distinct discipline in the USA during the 1920s was bound up with the concerns of nation formation. The growth of Fordism and of mass ...
... example from Connor (1994), the Ukrainian struggle for independence was waged around the right to employ Ukrainian, rather than Russian, in all oral and written matters. However, as Connor asks, 'is the language the essential element of ...
... examples. The second are irredentist nations where the nation is seen as extending beyond the boundaries of the existing state: thus at least a third of Somalis live in Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti (James, 1996) The third are multi ...
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 |