Self and NationSAGE Publications, 2001 - 242 pages Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins write with elegance and clarity, drawing the reader into their argument, without losing any of its complexity and nuance. This book deserves to make a major impact in studies of nationalism. It ought to become a classicOC . I'm quite bowled over - it's really brilliant' - "David McCrone, Edinburgh University" |
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Page 31
... stereotypes of national groups for over 60 years . However , they rapidly note that interest has moved from the content of these stereotypes to the study of cognitive biases in stereotypes and further to the issue of how stereotypes ...
... stereotypes of national groups for over 60 years . However , they rapidly note that interest has moved from the content of these stereotypes to the study of cognitive biases in stereotypes and further to the issue of how stereotypes ...
Page 104
... stereotypes are argumentative devices for mobilizing specific types of social action and thereby for realizing specific forms of social reality . They are as multiple as are political projects and as variable as is political strategy ...
... stereotypes are argumentative devices for mobilizing specific types of social action and thereby for realizing specific forms of social reality . They are as multiple as are political projects and as variable as is political strategy ...
Page 130
... stereotypes are offered with the intention of obtaining maximum ingroup consensus , but with the result that there is dissensus about the ' true ' stereotype and hence where that consensus should come to rest . It therefore becomes ...
... stereotypes are offered with the intention of obtaining maximum ingroup consensus , but with the result that there is dissensus about the ' true ' stereotype and hence where that consensus should come to rest . It therefore becomes ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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