Histories of the Irish FutureHistories of the Irish Future is an intellectual history of Ireland and a history of Irish crises viewed through the eyes of twelve key writers: William Petty, William Molyneux, Edmund Burke, Thomas Malthus, Richard Whately, Friedrich Engels, John Mitchel, James Connolly, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Jeremiah Newman, Conor Cruise O'Brien and Fintan O'Toole. Their analyses of the shifting conditions of Ireland and their efforts to address Ireland's predicaments are located within the wider social, political, economic and cultural anxieties of their times. The result is a pioneering interdisciplinary contribution to modern Irish history and Irish Studies that will appeal to students of politics, economic history, and philosophy. |
Contents
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4 Edmund Burke and the case for Union | 41 |
5 Thomas Malthus and Catholic emancipation | 55 |
6 Richard Whately and the end of ascendancy | 75 |
7 Friedrich Engels and the crisis of Irish character | 95 |
8 John Mitchel and the lastconquest of Ireland | 113 |
10 Hanna Sheehy Skeffington versus the Free State | 151 |
11 Jeremiah Newman and Catholic decline | 169 |
12 The lonely passion of Conor Cruise OBrien | 187 |
13 Fintan OTooles second republic | 213 |
14 Ghosts of futures past | 231 |
NOTES | 243 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 277 |
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