The question 'who are we?' continues to perplex many Scots today. The 100 short essays in this book help to expand the debate and provide at least some of the answers. They offer an opportunity to penetrate behind the statistical surveys and explore the rich complexity of changing identity from a varied range of opinion.The collection includes the views of people at the centre of things as well as those at the margins of society, the famous as well as the not so well known, the authoritative and mainstream as well as the idiosyncratic. It also contains a few views 'from the outside', from North America, Europe and elsewhere.It examines the concept and experience of being Scottish at this time in history and assesses its relevance, strengths, advantages and weaknesses. It seeks to discover whether there is a special something which makes the Scottish distinctive and immediately recognisable and, if so, attempts to describe it. In short it is a snapshot of Scottish identity or, as seems to the case, the myriad Scottish identities that exist today.Contemporary events and developments in the British Isles and the world provide the general political and social context of this collection. These include: *The state of the Union*Devolution*The rise of English nationalism and the implications for Scotland*The debate about future British political and economic sovereignty and its relevance to Scotland*The lingering after-effects of the loss of Empire with its resultant crisis of identity for Scotland, a nation which played a key role in the imperial project*The new global world order based on the USA-declared war against terrorism in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001However the contributors succeed in going beyond the social and political context and explore above all what it means personally to be Scottish. The reader may be surprised at the insights contained in this book. Some contributors delve into their personal histories or t
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Leila Aboulela
- Ginnie Atkinson
- Alan L. Bain
- Euan Baird
- Anne Bardsley
- Mary Beith
- Margaret Bennett
- Alan Bissett
- Ronald Black
- Sheena Blackhall
- Vivian Bone
- Alison Bowden
- Sheila Brock
- Craig Brown
- Steve Bruce
- Duke of Buccleuch
- Angus Calder
- Owen Campbell
- Eddie Clark
- Robert Crawford
- Tam Dalyell
- Fauzia Davidson
- Isla Dewar
- Owen Dudley Edwards
- Kevin Dunion
- Donald Findlay
- John H. Fitzsimmons
- Douglas Fraser
- Simon Frith
- Sandy Grant Gordon
- David Greig
- Robin Harper
- Christopher Harvie
- Gerry Hassan
- Joy Hendry
- Richard Holloway
- Hamish Horsburgh
- Tom Hunter
- Craig Hutchison
- Billy Kay
- Charles Kennedy
- Mark Kennedy
- John Laird
- Phyllida Law
- Helen Liddell
- Baroness Linklater
- Jacqui Low
- Bashir Maan
- E. Mairi MacArthur
- Bridget McConnell
- Jack McConnell
- John McCormick
- Neil MacCormick
- Mukami McCrum
- Finlay Macdonald
- Margo MacDonald
- John McGurk
- Ian Mackenzie
- Sheila McLean
- David McLetchie
- Duncan Macmillan
- Douglas McNaughton
- Kevin MacNeil
- Susie Maguire
- Martin Mansergh
- Alex Massie
- Donald E. Meek
- Steven Osborne
- Anna Paterson
- Donald Paterson
- Lindsay Paterson
- Norman Pender
- Hugh Pennington
- Robina Qureshi
- Selma Rahman
- Harry Reid
- Susan Rice
- Kat Roberts
- Kenneth Roy
- Trevor Royle
- Michael Russell
- Alex Salmond
- T. C. Smout
- Bill Speirs
- David Steel
- Stewart Sutherland
- John Swinney
- Alan Taylor
- Brian Taylor
- Gregor Townsend
- Kirsty Walker
- Jim Wallace
- Charles Warren
- Mike Watson
- Irvine Welsh
- Kevin Williamson
- Ruth Wishart
- Kenyon Wright
- Mel Young
- Postscript: Being Irish and Being Scottish by Tom Devine
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