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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... institutions people have built and from the actions of others who seek to shape collective practices in different ways . If the resistance is such that it is impossible to enact alternatives , then our categories will reflect the ...
... institutions exist at a national level that it is often hard to envisage alternatives . Moreover , as Giddens ( 1985 ) ... institutions . If one wishes to mobilize all those subject to these institutions in order to determine their nature ...
... institutions : the buildings and rules and regulations which govern our social exchanges and in which we live our everyday lives . These institutions differ from country to country and could well explain national differences . At the ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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