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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... seen , metaphor and simile provide a rich and fertile field for argument . It is 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 ...
... seen before . He put on large black glasses , which he usually did not wear . The citizen of the world , full of shame , did not want to be seen . He was weeping . I swear that he was weeping ' ( ibid . p . 98 ) . Perhaps one might be ...
... seen to endanger the national self will be viewed with hostility - a generic relationship – we are making no general ... seen as counterposed , nor should either be seen as more fundamental than the other . Both derive from the taken for ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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