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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... opposition can be found amongst devolutionists . To quote from Labour's George Robertson one more time : Extract 10 But when nationalist pride spills over into ethnic superiority then it becomes ugly and dangerous and we should all ...
... opposition to a Scottish Parliament being a betrayal of the Scottish interest , as buttressed by the separatist Burns , Conservative support for Scotland in Britain is a championing of the Scottish interest , as endorsed by the unionist ...
... opposition's attacks buttressed through the counter- accusation that such opponents are self - interested . For example consider the response of the Conservative Deputy Prime Minister , Michael Heseltine , to the charge that the Tories ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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