Self and NationSAGE, 2000 M12 18 - 256 pages A `RARE BOOK′ FROM LOCAL AUTHORS `Here is a rare book, a truly helpful piece of work on the psychology of nationalism. Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins, of St Andrews and Dundee Universities, focus much of their study of recent Scottish experience, drawing on inter-views with political activists. The cast light on why our `Unionists′ and nationalists feel so sure their side represents our national identity and the other lot doesn′t. For once it is a compliment to say a book raises more questions than it answers. Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins open up large questions closer inspection′ - Glasgow Herald `In this impressive book Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins draw from a wealth of research to address issues of nationality, national identity and nationalism that lie at the heart of core topics in social psychology and its cognate disciplines. They have produced a powerful and scholarly text that interweaves an abundance of rich empirical data with a broad-reaching and timely theoretical statement. Moreover, the content is not confined to matters of national identity but also extends to treatments of stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup conflict, leadership, collective action, and the self .... For all these reasons, the book should serve essential and compelling reading for a very broad audience′ - S Alexander Haslam, Australian National University `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 classic.... I′m quite bowled over - it′s really brilliant′ - David McCrone, Edinburgh University |
From inside the book
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... claim that the nation needs to be contained in its own territory is to exclude at least two types of nation and probably a third. The first are Diaspora nations where groups are scattered across different territories: the Jews and the ...
... claims have tended to be associated with the rejection or even the annihilation of those who are positioned as ethnic outsiders and, in consequence, have not so much fallen from favour as achieved pariah status. Even in societies such ...
... claim it is open to empirical disconfirmation. And since it is a claim of necessity, it is only necessary to find exceptions in order to challenge such a viewpoint. Consider, then, what Julia Kristeva has to say in the context of a ...
... claim about national consciousness, so the same can be said of the civic approach. Hitherto we have used this approach simply to rebut ethnic empiricism. However, viewed on a theoretical level, the civic view points to a way of ...
... claim to a nation-state. Any movement which eschews such a claim is formally denied nationalist status. Thus, in a wellknown definition, Gellner (1983) refers to nationalism as a political principle which holds that the national and ...
Contents
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3 Nation and Mobilization | 53 |
4 National Identity and International Relations | 77 |
5 In Quest of National Character | 100 |
6 Lessons in National History | 131 |
7 Representing the National Community | 152 |
8 Changing Categories and Changing Contexts | 181 |
9 Nationalist Psychology and the Psychology of Nationhood | 204 |
References | 223 |
Author Index | 235 |
Subject Index | 239 |