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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... Scottish Watch ( a group concerned about English migration to Scotland ) as part of the BBC television documentary A Different Country ( January , 1995 ) . The interviewee described Scottish Watch's task as ' trying to preserve ...
... Scottish Watch stand to the SNP in Scotland . ' Scottish Watch ' was formed shortly after the 1992 Election to campaign around issues concerning English migration into rural Scotland . The group's analysis of Scotland and its ...
... Scottish Watch , then , even to question their definitions renders one suspect of being prey to alien influences if not being alien oneself . Since only a proportion of those in Scotland are actually Scottish , and since the alien is ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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