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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... ( cited in McCrone , 1998 : 56 ) . Schama's words could have been written with Scotland specifically in mind . Thus Horne ( 1984 ) documents changing conceptions of the Scottish landscape ( and its inhabitants ) through reference to the ...
... cited in White , 1981 : 126 ) . Bean was later to argue that the environment of the bush ' still sets the standard of personal efficiency even in the Australian cities . The bushman is the hero of the Australian boy ; the arts of bush ...
... ( cited in James , 1970 : 149 ) . During the campaign , his meetings had attracted furious opposition from the left ... ( cited in Gilbert , 1975 : 891 ) . T.E. Lawrence put it rather more bluntly : ' I'm more sorry about Winston than I can ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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