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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... imagination and contestation Conclusion 2 Psychology and Nationhood On the character of nations Social identity in social psychology Social identity in practice Conclusion: social identity and the nation 3 Nation and Mobilization ...
... imagination without considering the nature of human imagination will be a futile exercise. To analyse the cultural battles over the definition of national identity without understanding how people come to assume and inhabit such ...
... imagination in which people see themselves as having something in common with their compatriots. By this reading, the content of their imaginings – what it is that they have in common – is left open. It could be adherence to ...
... imagination does not just stretch backwards to the past but also forwards to the future. As the earlier quote reveals, Renan views both visions of history as important to the nation. This takes us very close to the definition of a ...
... imagination and the likelihood of seeing ourselves in national terms, the more usual stress is on the way in which the national imagination leads to the creation of new social structures and new experiences. Anderson himself virtually ...
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 |