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Polish Sociological Review


Issue no.2(150) /2005


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Contents    
Toward Civic Visions of Local Communities    
Understanding "Conflict of Interest" in Post-Communist Poland    
The Patterns of Sexual Behaviour of Polish Men and Women    
The Good Soldier Svejk and a Sociological Account of National Identification    
Translated Title: The Good Soldier Svejk and a Sociological Account of National Identification
Publication: Polish Sociological Review (2(150)/2005)
Author Name: Kilias, Jarosław;
Language: English
Subject: Sociology / Social Sciences
Issue: 2(150)/2005
Page Range: 163-179
No. of Pages: 16
File size: 189 KB
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Summary: This article is about national identification. The author proposes conceptual framework for an account of nationality which respects the multidimensional nature of the nation and hence the contextual
andmulti-levelnatureofnationalidentification.Hethinksthattheterm“identification”referstoindividual nationality more adequately than the term “identity” which is associated with undesirable methodological subjectivism and individualism and often draws upon unrealistic, excessively intellectual conceptions of the individual. Use of the latter term is also often associated with researchers’ tendency to confuse individual and group phenomena. To illustrate his claims, the author quotes Jaroslav Hasˇek’s The Good Soldier Sˇvejk. In his analysis of the national identification of the novel’s heroes, he points out that it is actually multi-level and changes depending on the situation and the obligating institutional framework. This analysis shows that more appropriate way to approach identification would be to give an account of the configuration of social roles and surrounding institutions which lead to the development of identifications rather than to describe an individual’s national identity per se.
Keywords: sociology of nation;national identification;identity;Czech literature;Josef Svejk
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