Constructing nationals: building national identities within schools in Greece.

The study aims to explore if and why young people form national attachments within a school context. It is believed that in a country like Greece people have strong affiliations to the nations which might be described by the glorified perspective in which citizens view the country. These manifestations of national identity might be seen through a nationalist lens. These affiliations are not implying political movements but are shaped through different practices. Two theoretical ideas will be tested. One is Billig's banal nationalism and the powerful impact of everyday practices - through symbols, rituals and well-crafted curricula - and the other is the irrationality of national attachments as explored by Connor and Stavrakakis - the idea of shared ancestry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]