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Personal Nationalism

A Scottish view of some rites, rights, and wrongs

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ID2467484
AuthorsAnthony P Cohen (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume23
Issue4
Pages802-815
Publication date1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.1996.23.4.02a00070
OpenAlexW2087275217
LanguageEN
Citations received102
References cited35

Using the discursive notion of "rights," I explore the association between nationalism and personal identity, posing the question of why the nation might be regarded as a compelling formulation of the self. I focus on the case of Scottish nationalism, and the work of some Scottish nationalists, in which the integrity of nationhood is explicitly related to personal and political rights. I then test the validity of other anthropological accounts of nationalism that take insufficient account of the personalized nature of the construction and interpretation of the nation. [selfhood, cultural identity, nationalism, rights, Scotland

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Unique citing works102
Citations per year3,52
Citation span1997 - 2026 (30)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
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