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The Republic: Essays from 'The Thomas Davis Lecture Series'
Mary Jones (Ed.)
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Description for The Republic: Essays from 'The Thomas Davis Lecture Series'
Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Is Ireland a republic? At its core the word 'republic' signifies the 'representation of democracy'. There are several interpretations which seem contradictory but all claim the status of 'republic' - there have been Catholic, Protestant, radical and conservative, small city-state and territorial republics. We might expect that an ideology that includes Machiavelli, Oliver Cromwell and Gerry Adams has to be pretty diverse - and it is. Similarly, what it means to be a republican is a contested matter. This is true in Ireland, where republicanism is usually associated with physical force separatism and cultural nationalism. But the republican tradition has ... Read more
Is Ireland a republic? At its core the word 'republic' signifies the 'representation of democracy'. There are several interpretations which seem contradictory but all claim the status of 'republic' - there have been Catholic, Protestant, radical and conservative, small city-state and territorial republics. We might expect that an ideology that includes Machiavelli, Oliver Cromwell and Gerry Adams has to be pretty diverse - and it is. Similarly, what it means to be a republican is a contested matter. This is true in Ireland, where republicanism is usually associated with physical force separatism and cultural nationalism. But the republican tradition has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856354905
SKU
KCW0005828
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Ref
99-1
About Mary Jones (Ed.)
Mary Jones is a producer working in the independent sector and is director of ArkHive Productions. Her academic background is the social sciences, and she is author of These obstreperous Lassies: A History of the Irish Women Workers Union (1988).
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