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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... ideological domination – and it is unlikely that those interested in domination would take such a blow lying down. Secondly, we must work against the weight of popular preconceptions and thirdly – as Alexander accurately observes – we ...
... ideological considerations on the one hand and action on the other. Even more notably, psychology is frequently excluded from the family of disciplines that are invited to discuss the nature of national phenomena. For instance, in his ...
... ideology through which people act to reproduce nation-states as nations (Billig, 1996). But even in these banal forms, where national identity is not overtly asserted but rather taken for granted and where a national frame of reference ...
... ideology on the one hand and understanding and action on the other. To ask of psychology that it helps us to understand the complex realities of national phenomena and to test it against this ability is to set a very stern test and to ...
... ideologies. They are seen as communities moving together through time. As nationals, we are in contact with people who died before we were born and with those who will be born after we die. Being part of a nation confers immortality ...
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 |