Lessons from the past for the future: The definition and mobilisation of Hindu nationhood by the Hindu nationalist movement of India

Khan, Sammyh S.; Svensson, Ted; Jogdand, Yashpal; Liu, James H.

doi:10.5964/jspp.v5i2.736

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“…This is because historical narratives tend to be embedded within the strategies that 'entrepreneurs of identity' (Reicher & Hopkins, 2001) use in the construction and mobilization of identity projects -demarcating the 'essence' of a group's identity and intergroup relations through a historical lens (see Khan, Svensson, Jogdand, & Liu, 2016;Liu & Khan, 2014;). From this perspective, identity comes to be communicated and understood through the lens of social representations of history.…”

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Social representations of colonialism in Africa and in Europe: Structure and relevance for contemporary intergroup relations

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Lastrego

et al. 2018

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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European colonial powers invaded and then dominated a large part of the African continent from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The influence of colonialism did not cease after independence as it still impregnates the cultures and identities of both formerly colonising and formerly colonised peoples. The question of how inhabitants of formerly colonised and formerly colonising countries represent the colonial past is a key issue in understanding this lasting influence. Social representations of European colonial action were investigated among young people (N=1134) in three European countries and six African countries. Social representations of the colonial past were structured around two main dimensions across African and European samples: Exploitation and Development. Social representations of colonialism denoted by Exploitation were more strongly endorsed by the European compared to the African subsample, whereas those denoted by Development were more strongly endorsed by the African compared to the European subsample. However, while African participants considered colonialism less negatively than Europeans, they also had higher expectations concerning Europeans' collective guilt feeling and willingness to offer reparations. By contrast, European participants' social representations of colonialism were more negative but they were less likely to believe that present-day European peoples and governments are accountable for the misdeeds of colonialism in the past. Finally, national identification mediated the association between the Exploitation dimension of colonialism and both group-based emotions and support for reparation in the African, but not the European, subsample.

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Social representations of colonialism in Africa and in Europe: Structure and relevance for contemporary intergroup relations

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…So despite rising inequality, political preferences of many in high‐income countries support a protectionist agenda that results in further rises in inequality and a decline in real incomes. Inequality of course has had important political consequences in non‐Western settings (Khan, Svensson, Jogdand, & Liu, ); invariably though particular political responses to inequality will be bound by the culture in which it is found. In the West at least, FR populism appears to be linked to a cultural backlash associated with conformity to traditional values, protectionism, and rejection of multiculturalism.…”

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Economic inequality and the rise of far‐right populism: A social psychological analysis

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Batruch

Jetten

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Community & Applied Soc Psy

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It is argued that far-right (FR) populism in the West is fuelled by inequality. In this paper, we argue that three social psychological processes are central to explaining these phenomena. We suggest that these processes are recursive although we do not specify their temporal order.Drawing on the social identity tradition, we first examine how inequality is linked to reduced social trust and cohesion, which has consequences for both low-and highincome groups. We examine the known effects of perceived threat in amplifying tensions between groups and consolidating identity positions. Second, we argue that national identity consolidation is a particularly likely response to inequality, which, in turn, reduces tolerance of cultural diversity as an associated consequence. Finally, we consider the value of these strengthened national identities to those who harness them effectively to gain political ground. In this way, those who offer FR populist rhetoric aligned with nationalism can blame immigrants, "foreign" powers, and mainstream politics for both the lack of social cohesion and reduced economic circumstances of many. We conclude that FR populist leaders not only tap into the negative social consequences of inequality, their policy positions also fail to address and may even compound the situation.---

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“…The study of national identity in the field of psychology resonates with the notion of imagined communities. The social identity approach examines the phenomenon at two levels of analysis: (1) the representation, contestation, and mobilization of nationalism and national identity by identity entrepreneurs (e.g., Khan et al, 2017;Reicher & Hopkins, 2001); and (2) the nature, strength, and implications of subjective identification with the nation (e.g., Blank & Schmidt, 2003;Fleischmann & Phalet, 2018;Huddy & Khatib, 2007;Kanas & Martinovic, 2017;Mummendey, Klink, & Brown, 2001;Pehrson, Brown, & Zagefka, 2009;Pehrson, Vignoles, & Brown, 2009;Verkuyten, 2009); that is, the approach accounts for both political and individual imaginings of the nation. The focus of the present study is at the second level of analysis in that it operationalizes national identification as the strength by which individuals identify with the nation, devoid of ideological connotations; it arguably represents cognitive attachment to the nation.…”

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Opium of the people? National identification predicts well‐being over time

Khan

Garnett

Khazaie

et al. 2019

British J of Psychology

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Social group membership and its social‐relational corollaries, for example, social contact, trust, and support, are prophylactic for health. Research has tended to focus on how direct social interactions between members of small‐scale groups (i.e., a local sports team or community group) are conducive to positive health outcomes. The current study provides evidence from a longitudinal cross‐cultural sample (N = 6,748; 18 countries/societies) that the prophylactic effect of group membership is not isolated to small‐scale groups, and that members of groups do not have to directly interact, or in fact know of each other to benefit from membership. Our longitudinal analyses suggest that national identification (strength of association with the country/society of which one is a citizen) predicts lower anxiety and improved health; national identification was in fact almost as positively predictive of health status as anxiety was negatively predictive. The findings indicate that identification with large‐scale groups, like small‐scale groups, is palliative, and are discussed in terms of globalization and banal nationalism.

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Lessons from the past for the future: The definition and mobilisation of Hindu nationhood by the Hindu nationalist movement of India

Cited by 23 publications

References 58 publications

Social representations of colonialism in Africa and in Europe: Structure and relevance for contemporary intergroup relations

Social representations of colonialism in Africa and in Europe: Structure and relevance for contemporary intergroup relations

Economic inequality and the rise of far‐right populism: A social psychological analysis

Opium of the people? National identification predicts well‐being over time

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