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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... possible . ' Class interest ' is therefore ' something attached to workers as a collectivity rather than as a collection of individuals , their " group " rather than " serial " interest ' ( Przeworski , 1980 : 37 ) . The second aspect ...
... possible to differ over which metaphors and similes are used ; it is possible to dispute the relations implied by a given metaphor or simile ; it is even possible to differ over who has what role within those relations . All this may ...
... possible support from all sections of the population , and alternative strategies which rest on particular sections of the population . At this point , it is necessary to elaborate a point we made in Chapter Three . There we argued that ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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