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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... construction and that this construction was put to use by Scottish nationalists , it is equally true that the denial of Scottish cultural antiquity is a construction and that it too advances a nationalist agenda . McCrone points clearly ...
... construction of the nation within the same context , and if the same speaker differs in his construction of the nation across different contexts , what remains ever constant is the relationship between the construction of nationhood and ...
... construction of self - categories in order to take advantage of their social cognitive consequences . We have devoted much time to the model and so there is no need to repeat it here , except to reiterate two key meta - theoretical ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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