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Self and nation : categorization, contestation, and mobilization

Ìn 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 ..
eBook, English, 2001
SAGE, London, 2001
1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages)
9781847876713, 9780761969198, 9780761969204, 9781446220429, 9781446236253, 9781281251091, 9786611251093, 1847876714, 0761969195, 0761969209, 1446220427, 1446236250, 1281251097, 661125109X
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Cover
Contents
Preface
1 The National Question
Psychology in a world of nations
Defining issues
Nation44; imagination and contestation
Conclusion
2 Psychology and Nationhood
On the character of nations
Social identity in social psychology
Social identity in practice
Conclusion58; social identity and the nation
3 Nation and Mobilization
Invoking the nation
Nations and others58; identifying the other
Non45;national politics
Conclusion
4 National Identity and International Relations
National identification and intergroup relations
National values and international relations
Metaphors and relations
Conclusion
5 In Quest of National Character
A singular quest
Forming the national character
Covering the tracks
Conclusion
6 Lessons in National History
Heroes
Identity and history
Conclusion
7 Representing the National Community
Titles and entitlement
Drawing the boundaries
Representatives and representation
Conclusion
8 Changing Categories and Changing Contexts
New categories for new contexts
Category shifts
Conclusion
9 Nationalist Psychology and the Psychology of Nationhood
A choice of sides
Psychology in the service of nationalism
Psychology and the analysis of nationhood
Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Last Page
English