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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... common life . ( 1990 : p.19 ) If this is read on the empirical level , it is clearly partial . Just as Morton's civic Scotland can be counterposed to Nazi Germany , so Nazi Germany can be counter- posed to the Scottish example . Any ...
... common culture but only ' a common allegiance and a pragmatic utilitarian sense of obligation ... there is no British way of life , only a common political culture , or that the way of life is the political culture ' ( 1995 : 173 ) ...
... common - sense and professional knowledge ( Wetherell & Potter , 1992 ) . On the one hand , the conceptual vocabulary that we academics employ is shaped by a wider ' common - sense ' . On the other hand , as Moscovici's analysis of the ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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