Self and NationSAGE Publications, 2001 M05 1 - 256 pages Self and Nation is a lively and accessible exploration of the issues related to nationhood, nationalism and national identity. The authors challenge common assumptions of what 'national identity' means by addressing key concepts of identity, national character, national history and nationalist psychology. How do constructions of national identity affect the way people act, are mobilized, transform societies, create nations and reshape nations where they already exist? This book shows how the central notion of national identity is used by politicians and activists in support of attempts to create different types of nations. Self and Nation will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers in social psychology, politics, sociology and social anthropology. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
... Conservatives would find it hard to simply ignore the complaints of their opponents . In late twentieth century Scotland , the chorus crying ' domination ' is simply too loud to ignore . One Conservative MP grasps this sizeable bull by ...
... Conservative values . A rather similar argument was used by another Conservative MP , but rather than relying on the lad o ' pairts he referred more directly to the interlinked Scottish institutions of church and education . The values ...
... Conservative , Labour and Liberal Democrat parties which all opposed independence and therefore could be described as unionist in some sense . Thus , one Conservative MP responded to the argument that 75 per cent of the electorate had ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown