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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... 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 Invoking the nation Nations and others: identifying the other ...
... Nationhood A choice of sides Psychology in the service of nationalism Psychology and the analysis of nationhood Conclusion References Author Index Subject Index 152 152 154 167 179 181 181 188 201 204 204 205 216 222 223 235 239 Preface ...
... nationhood constitutes such a central aspect of our social world, there is much at stake when one comes to trying to understand it. No one who wishes to comment on the relevant phenomena can expect to find a hushed and pliant audience ...
... nationhood reveals that this is a two-way relationship. Certainly, national identity may shape collective movements, which create national structures, but equally national structures are crucial in shaping the way people identify ...
... nationhood. To put it in a phrase: our ambition in writing this book is to use nationhood in order to develop psychological understanding and to use psychology in order to develop our understanding of nationhood. In order for the reader ...
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 |