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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... depends upon the way the associated self - category is defined . This latter point is of fundamental importance for ... depend upon who is included as part of the category . The more widely the category boundaries are defined , the ...
... depends upon nationally bounded activity . For instance , the attempt to create a European currency in Britain will depend upon victory in a national referendum . The upshot of all this is that we would expect , as indeed Billig ( 1985 ) ...
... depends upon the ways in which categories are construed , and if , more specifically , the ability to claim representative status depends upon the relationship of the subject to the nation , then once again there is more than a ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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