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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... issues Nation, 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 ...
... issue that last week alone saw a much-reported interview on Englishness by Jack Straw [Home Secretary in the British Government], a major article on Britishness by Gordon Brown [Chancellor of the Exchequer], and suggestions of a shift ...
... issue of nationhood may not have been of major concern to all those interested in the theoretical controversies. So we decided to separate the package, to create one book which was mainly theory (perhaps still with a hint of nationhood ...
... issue of devolution (that is, a separate parliament for Scotland within an overall UK framework) was narrowly lost. In fact, more voted for than against, but a clause had been inserted to say that, as well as a majority of those voting ...
... issues and the 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 ...
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 |