Nation‐states and states of mind

Nationalism as psychology

Bibliographic Data

ID7276340
AuthorsMartin Tyrrell (Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume10
Issue2
Pages233-250
Publication date1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08913819608443419
OpenAlexW2087202216
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited11

The rise of nationalism parallels that of the state, suggesting that the relationship between the two is symbiotic and that nations are neither natural nor spontaneous but rather are political constructions. Ernest Gellner's economically determinist account of the rise of the nation‐state, however, understates the emotive and psychological appeal of nationalist ideology. The Social Identity Theory of Henri Tajfel, by contrast, suggests that nationalism benefits from possibly innate human tendencies to affiliate in social groups and to act in furtherance of these groups, while Serge Moscovici's social psychology of popular belief elucidates the means by which such tendencies can take the shape of nationalism in mass publics

Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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