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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... continued with a further three hundred pages in which we used nationhood as an exemplary case through which to validate this approach . However , as both our editors and their reviewers pointed out , the theoretical discussion was ...
... continued to collect major public speeches and statements on the matter . In the case of public statements we have identified the speaker . In the case of private interviews we have respected the anonymity of the speaker and only ...
... continued , ' I think that it is egalitarian and more Comprehensive and I think that most people in Scotland , whether they have a lot of money or very little money , most people are quite content for their children to go to the nearest ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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