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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... 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 Non-national politics Conclusion 4 National ...
... identity are all around us. Finding evidence is no more difficult than ... social world, there is much at stake when one comes to trying to understand ... identity seems to be the political equivalent of internet shares at the moment. So ...
... 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 of, or ...
... social psychology in order to explain and position our own approach. It then ... identity and national being. Each book stands alone and there will be more ... social subject, we would refer them to the other volume (Reicher, in press) ...
Stephen Reicher, Nick Hopkins. non-random sample of social ... 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 ...
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 |