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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... concerned with nationhood return repeatedly to the importance of the way in which national identity is defined , it ... concerned with movement . The key issue was not simply to document the reality of discrimination and oppression ...
... concerned about keeping a job , they are concerned about keeping a job . They are concerned about their mortgages , like we are . And they are concerned about the world situation and the difficulties facing them are exactly the same as ...
... concerned people living in Scotland . Who carried you on ? You are concerned people at this moment in time . What do you believe to take up the point that you made ? You believe that Scots and people living in Scotland can run their own ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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