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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... depend upon its ability to conceal all traces of construction and to present itself as the only story that could be told (Alonso, 1988; Balibar, 1991a). In Alonso's terms, historiographies must hide their hermeneutics and thereby ...
... depends upon the existence of a common past, it may now appear that we are starting to sneak it back in. However there is an important difference. We are not suggesting that it is the past in itself which provides the material for ...
... depends upon shifting from an attempt to define the character of nations to a focus upon the uses of national categories. It may be futile to seek uncontroversial answers to such questions as 'does this population constitute a nation ...
... depends upon intergroup dynamics. He had shown that even the least disturbed people can be induced to act with extreme aggression if they are divided into groups and set in competition against each other. Yet even in Sherif's own ...
... depends upon the specific category that one is dealing with. It is a function of cultural and not of psychological ... depend upon the cultural parameters that feed into it. Discrimination is one class of behaviour which is dependent ...
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 |