Ethnocultural Nationalism
More Than a Game:
An Evaluation of the Influence Scottish Sport has on Young Scots’ Feelings of National Identity.
By
Andrew Hamilton
Acknowledgements
This piece of work has been the pinnacle of a hard four years. On handing this in I feel a great sense of achievement as it signifies the completion of both my dissertation and my honours degree. This stage could not have been reached without encouragement from my family and friends and the support and teachings of the staff in the School of Health and Social Sciences at Napier University with whom I have had regular contact in the last four years.
Special thanks must go out to some people though. I would like to thank my family for motivational support and encouraging me …show more content…
The civic nation is defined by shared commitment and pride in national institutions and their territory, and the nation is defined by common public culture and way of life which is shared by all citizens regardless of ethnic origins. (p34, Brown, 2000). On the other hand, ethnocultural nationalism is defined as a community united by their ancestral routes. Thus, whereas civic nationalism portrays the image of a welcome home, ethnocultural nationalism portrays a biological family (p35, Brown, 2000). In Britain there has been a tendency to separate nationality as citizenship from nationality as culture, by which they claim it is possible to hold dual nationality such as Scottish and British or Welsh and British. (Breuilly, 1993). Civic nationalism reflects the multi-faceted modern Scotland which is being forced to adapt to the twenty first century where labour can flow seamlessly around the globe. Because of this we must consider that many individuals who may see themselves as Scottish, or indeed British, will have other demands on their identity produced through cultural and ancestral heritage. On the other hand ethnocultural nations want to celebrate their shared ancestry. If we take this to its extreme conclusion then we are all evolved from Adam and Eve and thus nations are just figments of people’s imaginations. Ridiculous as that sound, it emphasises the point that nations did not exist as nations since the dawn of time, even now they only exist on paper and in people’s heads. But it is in people’s heads that nations are most important. The shared history or common ancestry does not matter if it is real and if an individual believes that they are part of a community then they can provide themselves with a mechanism of support and of being part of
An Evaluation of the Influence Scottish Sport has on Young Scots’ Feelings of National Identity.
By
Andrew Hamilton
Acknowledgements
This piece of work has been the pinnacle of a hard four years. On handing this in I feel a great sense of achievement as it signifies the completion of both my dissertation and my honours degree. This stage could not have been reached without encouragement from my family and friends and the support and teachings of the staff in the School of Health and Social Sciences at Napier University with whom I have had regular contact in the last four years.
Special thanks must go out to some people though. I would like to thank my family for motivational support and encouraging me …show more content…
The civic nation is defined by shared commitment and pride in national institutions and their territory, and the nation is defined by common public culture and way of life which is shared by all citizens regardless of ethnic origins. (p34, Brown, 2000). On the other hand, ethnocultural nationalism is defined as a community united by their ancestral routes. Thus, whereas civic nationalism portrays the image of a welcome home, ethnocultural nationalism portrays a biological family (p35, Brown, 2000). In Britain there has been a tendency to separate nationality as citizenship from nationality as culture, by which they claim it is possible to hold dual nationality such as Scottish and British or Welsh and British. (Breuilly, 1993). Civic nationalism reflects the multi-faceted modern Scotland which is being forced to adapt to the twenty first century where labour can flow seamlessly around the globe. Because of this we must consider that many individuals who may see themselves as Scottish, or indeed British, will have other demands on their identity produced through cultural and ancestral heritage. On the other hand ethnocultural nations want to celebrate their shared ancestry. If we take this to its extreme conclusion then we are all evolved from Adam and Eve and thus nations are just figments of people’s imaginations. Ridiculous as that sound, it emphasises the point that nations did not exist as nations since the dawn of time, even now they only exist on paper and in people’s heads. But it is in people’s heads that nations are most important. The shared history or common ancestry does not matter if it is real and if an individual believes that they are part of a community then they can provide themselves with a mechanism of support and of being part of