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The three spheres. A theoretical model of mass nationalisation: the case of S pain
Author(s) -
Quiroga Alejandro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/nana.12073
Subject(s) - public sphere , narrative , national identity , separate spheres , private sphere , reproduction , identity (music) , sociology , dimension (graph theory) , political science , political economy , law , physics , mathematics , politics , ideology , acoustics , biology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , pure mathematics
This article sets out a theoretical model of the processes of mass nationalisation. The paper is divided into three sections. The first part shows nationalisation as a process of identity transmission that includes messages (national narratives), channels (national agencies) and recipients (national individuals). The second section analyses the processes of identity transmission into three spheres of nationalisation: the official public sphere, the non‐official public sphere and the private sphere. The last part looks at the process of mass nationalisation from below and reflects on the mechanisms of individual acquisition and reproduction of national identities on a daily basis. The general model of nationalisation presented here is developed in a deductive way and is applicable to a number of countries all over the world. In this article, I illustrate the general model by giving examples of mass nationalisations in S pain over the last two centuries.