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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... constitutional convention , we said to the government , you have no mandate unless the people give it to you , and today again in the election and again with a united voice the people must say to this government again , you have no ...
... constitutional change wing of the Labour Party and for the Conservatives , it made no sense to put those supporting devolution and those favouring independence together in the same category . For example , the Labour MP cited in Extract ...
... constitutional change , characterized both the SNP's project of independence and the Scots themselves as ' sentimental ' . To be more precise , he described the support for independence in the following terms : ' This sentimental idea ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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