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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... suggest that the form that such action will take depends upon how the national category is construed , how ... suggesting is that even ' anti - nationalists ' act in national terms . This is but one example that illustrates our more ...
... suggesting that the accusers themselves adopt a nationalist position - that of British nationalism - and therefore are in ... suggest that there are different forms of nationalism . For instance , in its second issue , the left - leaning ...
... suggest that such figurative terms serve three functions in this regard . The first two correspond to what social representation theorists term ' concretiza- tion ' and ' anchoring ' ( Farr & Moscovici , 1984 ) . Concretization refers ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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