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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... existence but also the form it takes . History establishes how we must always be by virtue of how we have always been . Or rather ' the sureness of " I was " is a necessary component of the sureness of “ I am ” ( quoted in Lowenthal ...
... existence of a common past , it may now appear that we are starting to sneak it back in . However there is an important difference . We are not suggesting that it is the past in itself which provides the material for nationalist ...
... existence which nationalisms try hard to conceal ' ( 1992 : 677 ) . Nations and others : identifying the other Rather than asking one question about how nationals relate to others , we need to ask two . The first is how we constitute ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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