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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... hence a need to identify exactly what it is that renders any one nation different from others. If we looked at a context which involved bringing nations together in supra-national Union rather than a context where a supra-national state ...
... hence of particularity to generality. Geertz notes how, for many, the hunt for human nature involves looking for that which everybody shares in common and hence ignoring what is specific to different groups. He describes this ...
... Hence it is 'the man on the Clapham omnibus' who is able to speak for the nation as much as the Prime Minister and the unknown soldier who stands as a symbol of the nation as much as, if not better than, the most distinguished Field ...
... hence how old it is. For instance, if the short kilt is a development of existing forms of plaid, how do we decide whether its antiquity is authentic or not? It comes down to deciding on the essential features that make a kilt a kilt ...
... hence undermine his project. Hence Jinnah uses a construction that is completely at odds with the 'two nation theory'. Addressing himself to Mountbatten, he argued that 'the Punjab is a nation. Bengal is a nation. A man is a Punjabi or ...
Contents
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28 | |
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 |