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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... national character determines the social circumstances in which we live . Each nation can be defined in terms of a single and distinctive character type , which is the root of differences between national societies . Such ideas never ...
... national character ( Benedict , 1946a , b ) . This pattern of explicit repudiation and implicit reproduction is equally applicable to the idea that all members of a nation reflect a single character type . Inkeles and Levinson ( 1954 ) ...
Stephen Reicher, Nick Hopkins. character ' . The confidential memorandum drawn up by a government official ( later leaked to the press ) identified certain national characteristics which were identifiable in the past and so could be ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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