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020 _a9780745655062 (hbk.)
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020 _a0745655076 (pbk.)
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035 _a(OCoLC)829055760
_z(OCoLC)856630075
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100 1 _aGuibernau i Berdún, M. Montserrat
_q(Maria Montserrat),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBelonging :
_h[Book] :
_bsolidarity and division in modern societies /
_cMontserrat Guibernau.
300 _aix, 225 pages ;
_c23 cm.
520 _aIt is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. The power of belonging stems from the potential to generate an emotional attachment capable of fostering a shared identity, loyalty and solidarity among members of a given community. It is this strong emotional dimension that enables belonging to act as a trigger for political mobilization and, in extreme cases, to underpin collective violence. Among the topics examined in this book are identity as a political instrument; emotions and political mobilization; the return of authoritarianism and the rise of the new radical right; symbols and the rituals of belonging; loyalty, the nation and nationalism. It includes case studies from Britain, Spain, Catalonia, Germany, the Middle East and the United States. This wide-ranging and cutting-edge book will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics, sociology and the social sciences generally.
521 _aAll.
650 0 _aBelonging (Social psychology)
650 0 _aIdentity (Psychology)
650 0 _aCommunities.
650 0 _aSocial groups.
852 _p51178
_92401.38
_vPak Book Corporation
_dBooks
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