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. |
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... Liberal Democrats , the Conservative Party , you compromise your principles and the Scottish National Party is so afraid of losing the English vote here in Scotland that it is not prepared to defend the interests of its own people in ...
... Liberal Democrats ] trumpeting round Scotland fiddling the facts and trying to undermine the Scots . There are placemen and placewomen from all these parties telling us that the Union is great . And this is like a meeting of Dundee ...
... Liberal Democrats in order to produce a strong majority for a Scottish Parliament . For instance , at a rally held in Edinburgh just ten days after the election , the ' official ' leaflet circulated amongst the crowd argued that ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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