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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... century . The term ' nation ' may seem much older , being traceable to the Latin natio . However , in its early usages , ' nation ' denoted such things as the communities of foreigners in universities , monasteries and the Reform ...
... century epic , The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace . Those of Bruce were celebrated in The Brus , written by John Barbour in the fourteenth century . Both heroes were also celebrated in the construction of public monuments , most ...
... century , as the balance of social forces changed , so has the interpretation of Wallace . As the Labour movement developed in the early decades of this century , Wallace was recast as striving to free the common people from oppressive ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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