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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... nationhood. In Kitching's delightful phrase, 'son, when they raise your flag, raise your eyebrow' (1985: 116). However, there is a danger in reducing nationalism to its most intense manifestations. As Gellner (1994) observes ...
... , may be an interesting exercise in its own right, but it does not get us very far in understanding nationalism. How can nationhood come to be so important to people and have such an impact on their actions? Why The national question 3.
... nationhood, let us turn to nationhood in the study of social psychology. The first and most obvious point is that, if this latter study is concerned with the understanding of behaviour in social context (cf. Israel & Tajfel, 1972) then ...
... nationhood. Later on, when it comes to our psychological analysis of these phenomena, we hope to live up to the second part of Blumer's injunction '... and organize a methodological stance to reflect that respect' (ibid). Defining.
... nationhood. To 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 ...
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 |