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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... issue of whether class or nation should be given ontological priority. There are those, such as Gellner, who have declared List the victor: 'The supposition that [nations] will be dismantled, anticipated by Marxism, is the real chimera ...
... issue. The perception of others as different and as negative required urgent attention, and it received such attention in the form of stereotype research. The pioneering study of Katz and Braly in 1933 presented college students with a ...
... issues. Let us start off by noting what looks alarmingly like a paradox. On the one hand, one cannot miss the clear and concrete traces of nationhood. On the other hand, whenever one turns to grasp whatever it is that produces these ...
... issue of language is central in many national movements. To quote the Moldavian Dabija writing in 1989, 'language is the soul of the people. It resembles those who speak it. Our language resembles the shepherds who have spoken it for ...
... issue. (Anderson, 1983; Schlesinger, 1987). As Anderson argues, Ghanaian nationalism is no less real than Indonesian nationalism simply because the national language is English rather than Ashanti. None of this is to deny that a nation ...
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 |