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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... one's activities are structured and the way one is treated by others. To view Anderson's arguments in this way is to open up fields of investigation in which disagreements over detail facilitate rather than stymie the more general ...
... one's own nation are prioritized above those of other nations. What others term nationalism in the sense of a political project he prefers to call a 'national movement'. What he calls nationalism, others refer to as 'national identity ...
... Conversely, where there are no obvious historical referents for one's account, it is less likely to persuade. This third point can be illustrated by contrasting the attempts to construct nationality in the two The national question 23.
... one's uses, but it will be a far more cumbersome, a far more difficult and a far more timeconsuming exercise than adapting ready-made resources. Hence it will start from a strong disadvantage. Perhaps Reichler's concept of a 'symbolic ...
... one's country; the other pernicious and associated with hatred of foreigners. Kecmanovic (1996) provides a long list of different terms which have been used to capture this distinction, including those introduced by Hayes (1931) who ...
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 |