Perception, Action, and the Social Dynamics of the Variable Self

Reicher, Stephen; Hopkins, Nick

doi:10.1080/1047840x.2016.1217584

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“…This article contributes to many sociopsychological debates. First, although the social identity approach emphasizes that people have multiple and variable selves (Reicher & Hopkins, ), at least its traditional reading postulates that only one social category (i.e., collective identity) is psychologically salient to a specific individual at one specific moment (Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Reicher, & Wetherell, ). Second, in sociopsychological studies, large‐scale social categories (e.g., a nation) tend to be separated from intermediate categories (e.g., work networks) and face‐to‐face groups (e.g., a family) (Deaux & Martin, ; Easterbrook & Vignoles, ; Lickel et al, ).…”

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National Identity, Collective Events, and Meaning: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents’ Autobiographical Narratives of Flag Ceremonies in Finland

Finell

2018

Political Psychology

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Although collective events are central to group identity processes, little is known about how young people experience and remember national ceremonies in which they have participated. This qualitative study analyzes 80 autobiographical narratives written by upper secondary school students about flag ceremonies from their past in Finland. The analysis reveals that the narratives fall into three categories ((Dis)honored, Deserved and Loved Flag) according to how the social context, participants’ actions, narrator’s role, and emotions are described, all of which combine to create a dense web of meanings associated with this common national ceremony. The results also indicate that different group contexts—family and peer group networks and the national context—are inextricably linked in the narratives and that the meanings associated with these contexts tend to fuse. The findings highlight the importance of analyzing national collective events and related autobiographical memories to better understand the sources of national identity’s emotional power.

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National Identity, Collective Events, and Meaning: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents’ Autobiographical Narratives of Flag Ceremonies in Finland

Finell

2018

Political Psychology

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“…Sometimes, the focus was on a series of more obviously related entries. Working on the basis that our social identities provide the lens through which we appraise the meaning of events (Reicher & Hopkins, 2016) and social spaces (Morton et al, 2017; Ysseldyk et al, 2016), we focused on how participants' Muslim identity shaped their interpretation of the pandemic—especially the restrictions on their everyday social interaction.…”

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Social identity enactment in a pandemic: Scottish Muslims' experiences of restricted access to communal spaces

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Ryan

Straßburger

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British J Social Psychol

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The comprehensive analysis of social identity cannot simply focus on individuals' cognitive self-definition. Rather it should also theorize the social conditions that affect individuals' opportunities to act in terms of those self-definitions. We argue that the social distancing interventions associated with Covid-19 provide an opportunity to explore the significance of otherwise taken-for-granted social factors which routinely support and sustain individuals' identity enactments. Using qualitative data gathered with 20 members of the Scottish Muslim community (19 diary entries and 20 post-diary interviews), we explore their experiences of restricted access to community-relevant social spaces (e.g., mosques and prayer rooms). Our analysis shows that while these regulations could result in new opportunities for Muslims' religious identity enactments, they also impeded their abilities to act in terms of their religious identification. Addressing such impediments, we develop our understanding of the contextual factors that shape individuals' abilities to enact identity-defining norms and values.

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“…Sociopolitical psychology has established that the formation of a relational self builds on our relations with generalized others in terms of both internalizing their generalized attitudes (Mead, /1970) and our capacity to use group identification and “we/they” categorization as the basis of social action (Figgou & Condor, ; Reicher & Hopkins, ; Scuzzarello, ). Parallel examinations into the public’s EU attitudes are increasingly aware of the extent to which political elites are able to mobilize polarized we/they identifications for and against the EU (Hobolt, ; Hobolt & De Vries, ; Hooghe, ; Hooghe & Marks, ).…”

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From Polarized We/They Public Opinion on European Integration Towards Social Representations of Public Dialogue

Mahendran

2018

Political Psychology

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Social psychology has established that oppositional we/they categorization is central to dis/identification with European integration (Chryssochoou, 2000;Hewstone, 1986; Mummendey & Walduz, 2004). As Europe faces fresh uncertainties, for example, Brexit, this article reveals the multipositional features of public-opinion formation. Drawing on meta-representational approaches, it reveals how we/they categorization moves from oppositional forms towards diplomatic nonoppositional forms when citizens speak about the general public in "a public capacity" (Dewey, 1927(Dewey, /1954. Two interview-led studies in England, Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and Sweden (n = 100) brought participants into dialogue with the ideals of European integration. Analysis reveals six dialogical positions on the general public-avant-garde, advocating, homesteading, distancing, segmenting, and progressive. These rest on social representations of the public as having freedom from movement, freedom of movement, and freedom through movement. Understanding the public's multipositional capacities and the interplay between self-world narratives and European integration narratives is one step towards depolarization and public dialogue on Europe.

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Perception, Action, and the Social Dynamics of the Variable Self

Cited by 10 publications

References 38 publications

National Identity, Collective Events, and Meaning: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents’ Autobiographical Narratives of Flag Ceremonies in Finland

National Identity, Collective Events, and Meaning: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents’ Autobiographical Narratives of Flag Ceremonies in Finland

Social identity enactment in a pandemic: Scottish Muslims' experiences of restricted access to communal spaces

From Polarized We/They Public Opinion on European Integration Towards Social Representations of Public Dialogue

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