Self and NationSAGE Publications, 2001 - 242 pages Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins write with elegance and clarity, drawing the reader into their argument, without losing any of its complexity and nuance. This book deserves to make a major impact in studies of nationalism. It ought to become a classicOC . I'm quite bowled over - it's really brilliant' - "David McCrone, Edinburgh University" |
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... live our everyday lives . Gellner's own description of nationalism is revealing in this respect . He likens it to gravity – a force that exerts its pull upon us in both spectacular and mundane ways . Sometimes it may cause things to ...
... live our everyday lives . Gellner's own description of nationalism is revealing in this respect . He likens it to gravity – a force that exerts its pull upon us in both spectacular and mundane ways . Sometimes it may cause things to ...
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... live north of the border . The majority of Scots live south of the border and the majority of Scots in the world don't live here at all ' ( Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , Conservative MP , speech , Longforgan , 2.4.92 ) . Fairbairn expanded ...
... live north of the border . The majority of Scots live south of the border and the majority of Scots in the world don't live here at all ' ( Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , Conservative MP , speech , Longforgan , 2.4.92 ) . Fairbairn expanded ...
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... live in Glasgow , or the huge majority , are Irish anyway . So to say that they're Scottish on the basis of a sort of blood test , you would find that most people who live in Scotland failed it . And the idea of turning the English out ...
... live in Glasgow , or the huge majority , are Irish anyway . So to say that they're Scottish on the basis of a sort of blood test , you would find that most people who live in Scotland failed it . And the idea of turning the English out ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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