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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... Scots then , whether or not it is consonant with the Scottish interest , it cannot realize that interest . To be more specific still , the issue of whether the Scots interest is served by a separate state becomes redundant if the ...
... Scots fare badly in the Union or that they have to recover their potential is a misrepresentation of and an insult to the real Scottish identity . It implies that Scots have been assailed and that the assailant has got away with it . So ...
... Scottish nation as absurd . The interviewee above takes the existence of Scots as self - evident and therefore assumes the criteria to be absurd . It was in a tone of incredulity and derision that he spoke the words ' one per cent of Scots ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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