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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... Nationalist Psychology and the Psychology of Nationhood A choice of sides Psychology in the service of nationalism Psychology and the analysis of nationhood Conclusion References Author Index Subject Index 152 152 154 167 179 181 181 ...
... nationalism and national identity are all around us. Finding evidence is no more difficult than finding sand on a beach. For those who investigate the more arcane aspects of the world this might seem to give us an envious advantage. But ...
... nationalism, there is virtually no explicit consideration of the psychological mechanisms which mediate between structural, cultural and ideological considerations on the one hand and action on the other. Even more notably, psychology ...
... nationalism and 11 on national identity. This compares with 485 articles on a specific personality characteristic (neuroticism) and 3174 on rats! This is not to deny that there are many papers in which national identity is employed as a ...
... nationalist fervour we miss the fact that nationalism is the 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 ...
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 |