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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... reality, Dutch decency, Scandinavian fairness ... in short, the best combination in the world. (pp. 13–14) What Hill is doing, then, is to substitute definitions of identity which characterize other nations in such terms as to render ...
... realities of national phenomena and to test it against this ability is to set a very stern test and to risk some painful discoveries for social psychology as a discipline. However, if we, as social psychologists, are demanding a seat at ...
... reality on both an institutional and face-to-face level (James, 1996). Balibar (1991b), for instance, insists on the way in which the nation affects seemingly private and personal domains such as the family and affects such things as ...
... reality and versions of national identity and also between versions of national identity and the interest of the speakers in mobilizing people to support their (or rather their party's) political project, the latter point is made even ...
... reality as a site of pilgrimage and a location where pilgrims could connect with an experience of Jewish martyrdom through the ages. To put it in more general terms, the creation of spaces in which versions of nationhood are matched by ...
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 |