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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... important to stress that this relationship between the nation and the structure of everyday life is a two - way street . While it is important to acknowledge how the structure of experience affects the possibility of a national ...
... important , and what may advantage one version of history and hence one version of identity over another , is the ... important not to lose the wood for the trees . We have set out to demonstrate the importance of psychology to an ...
... important message is that institutional and character descriptions should not be taken at face value nor treated as the end - point of enquiry . Rather , it is necessary to look at their strategic use in reifying different forms of ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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