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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... National Identity and International Relations National identification and intergroup relations National values and international relations Metaphors and relations Conclusion 5 In Quest of National Character A singular quest Forming the ...
... national identity are all around us. Finding evidence is no more difficult ... character and characteristics of post-devolution Scotland. So, even when you ... national phenomena. However, of equal importance is his illustration of the ...
... national identity is characterized. He may feel that old national stereotypes need to be discarded for new ones. To ... character is a problem. Hill therefore goes on to state that: I feel the attempt to correct some of the most pernicious ...
... national phenomena will gain by addressing the psychological dimension, so ... characteristics and then used these characteristics to justify further ... character of certain peoples, things had to happen that way. Poets added a ...
... national language even being an issue. (Anderson, 1983; Schlesinger, 1987) ... character. After all, if a separate economy were the criterion of a separate ... national character in the next chapter. Suffice to say here that the term is ...
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 |