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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... Union of Mineworkers , Arthur Scargill . He stated that his union was ' not fighting for the NUM , not fighting for jobs of miners , but fighting against the whole concept of this government's economic policy which is designed to ...
... union must always be based upon the denial of the significance of political differences between England and Scotland ... union for it is through union that the deleterious consequences of England for Scotland are attenuated and countered ...
... Union . Now there may have been different views about how best to preserve the Union , but it's interesting that the Labour and Liberal parties , in putting forward their own constitutional proposals , did not say , yes this will weaken ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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