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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... questions , they don't have to worry about answers Thomas Pynchon Nations , nationalism and national identity are all around us . Finding evidence is no more difficult than finding sand on a beach ... question the particular terms in Preface.
... question to which we address ourselves in the next chapter . In this chapter , our focus will remain on the prior question of how - and when we see ourselves in terms of national identities along with the way in which national identity ...
... question : ' Which is the real Britain ? ' The question was posed on the front page of the supplement under four images : of a man drinking beer ; of a masked black face at a multi - cultural carnival ; of a rural game of cricket ; and ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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