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Rethinking Irish History

Nationalism, Identity and Ideology

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Authors:
  1. Patrick O’Mahony

    1. University College, Cork, Ireland

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  2. Gerard Delanty

    1. The University of Liverpool, UK

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Editors:
  1. Jo Campling
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: National Identity and Cultural Contradiction in Twentieth-century Ireland

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 1-14

  3. Nationalism and the Construction of Identity

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 15-32

  4. Origins and Context of Irish National Identities

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 33-59

  5. Nationalist Mobilisation and the Cultural Construction of the Irish Nation

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 60-93

  6. The Alignment of Nationalist Politics: Self-Determination as Goal and Achievement

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 94-129

  7. The Institutionalisation of National Identity in the Irish Free State

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 130-156

  8. Social Change and the Transformation of National Identity

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 157-180

  9. Conclusion: Nationalism in Contemporary Ireland

    • Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty, Jo Campling
    Pages 181-189

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 190-222
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About this book

This book provides a critical interpretation of the construction of Irish national identity in the longer perspective of history. Drawing on recent sociological theory, the authors demonstrate how national identity was invented and codified by a nationalist intelligentsia in the late nineteenth century. The trajectory of this national identity is traced as a process of crisis and contradiction. One of the central arguments is that the negative implications of Irish national identity have never been fully explored by social science.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University College, Cork, Ireland

    Patrick O’Mahony

  • The University of Liverpool, UK

    Gerard Delanty

About the authors

GERARD DELANTY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool. He is co-author of Nationalism in the Modern World.

PATRICK O'MAHONEY is Lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork, Ireland. He is co-author of Nationalism in the Modern World.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rethinking Irish History

  • Book Subtitle: Nationalism, Identity and Ideology

  • Authors: Patrick O’Mahony, Gerard Delanty

  • Editors: Jo Campling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286443

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62797-6Published: 17 June 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-97110-9Published: 17 June 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28644-3Published: 17 June 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 222

  • Topics: Political Theory, Cultural Studies, History of Britain and Ireland, Sociology, general

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