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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... versions of the national past and hence of national identity . It is more useful to consider how any version of the national past and of national identity serves contemporary interests . White makes the point clearly in his account of ...
... versions of identity are contested through contesting versions of history , culture and custom , and if these contests are important since the outcomes will determine how people act together to structure the social world , what ...
... versions of identity we have come across have always been different versions of the forms of social relations in which group members should live - both at an intra- and inter - group level - even if these versions sometimes share the ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
Copyright | |
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