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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... identity in social psychology Social identity in practice Conclusion: social identity and the nation 3 Nation and Mobilization Invoking the nation Nations and others: identifying the other Non-national politics Conclusion 4 National ...
... national identity are all around us. Finding evidence is no more difficult than finding sand on a beach. For those ... national stereotypes should be cast aside', which we came across not as part of our study but rather when taking a ...
... national identity is characterized. He may feel that old national stereotypes need to be discarded for new ones. To be more specific, he may wish to make tolerance a central value when it comes to determining 'what is a Scot'. But he ...
... national identity (and social identity more generally) as solely about being and start investigating the way in which it is also related to the process of becoming. We intend to examine how identity is used to mobilize people in support ...
... identity and national being. Each book stands alone and there will be more than enough theory in the following pages ... cultural, we can only discover that nature by paying close attention to its manifestations in the details of a ...
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 |