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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... values of Scottish people , this meant that : Extract 18 a Parliament reflecting the reality of Scottish politics would be on our side , and if I was a Timex worker or a miner or a steel worker or any other worker calling for the right ...
... value ( in terms of national identity ) . In other words , orientation to the other can be managed through explicit reference to the interest term in ' national interest ' with which that other is ( or is not ) at odds . National values ...
... values by equating them with those of the under- class rather those of the aspirational majority ' ( Michael Forsyth , Conservative MP , speech , Stirling , 26.4.96 ) . This construction of Scottish values as ' aspirational ' was ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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