Nationalism and other forms of group identity underlie many of the destructive conflicts the world is experiencing today. Particularly puzzling in such conflicts is their tenacity and viciousness. Why do people cling to conflicts that are damaging them? Why are the feelings involved so vehement and intense? Understanding the fragile nature of individual and group identity, and how people perceive threats to identity, can answer these questions. By analyzing nationalism in Quebec, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Sri Lanka, this book shows that addressing the psychological dimensions of nationalism can help us understand, and perhaps to intervene successfully in, nationalist and ethnic conflicts.

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'...a concise, clearly written and lucid theory explaining why nationalism is such a powerful force in the modern world.' - The Nationalism Project

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JOSHUA SEARLE-WHITE teaches in the Psychology Department at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.

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Book Title: The Psychology of Nationalism
Authors: Joshua Searle-White
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780312299057
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23369-3Published: 08 February 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-38616-1Published: 08 February 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-312-29905-7Published: 16 November 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 169
Topics: Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, general, Self and Identity, International Economics

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