The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution
Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
- Editors:
- Richard Bourke, King's College, Cambridge
- Niamh Gallagher, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: May 2022
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108836678
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The Irish Revolution was a pivotal moment of transition for Ireland, the United Kingdom, and British Empire. A constitutional crisis that crystallised in 1912 electrified opinion in Ireland whilst dividing politics at Westminster. Instead of settling these differences, the advent of the First World War led to the emergence of new antagonisms. Republican insurrection was followed by a struggle for independence along with the partition of the island. This volume assembles some of the key contributions to the intellectual debates that took place in the midst of these changes and displays the vital ideas developed by the men and women who made the Irish Revolution, as well as those who opposed it. Through these fundamental texts, we see Irish experiences in comparative European and international contexts, and how the revolution challenged the durability of Britain as a global power.
Read more- The first volume to combine key texts produced by Irish and British thinkers whose ideas shaped the reconfiguration of the Anglo-Irish Union and later demise of the British Empire
- Provides a comprehensive chronology that will be an essential reference point for students of Irish history. It also includes authors' biographies and recommendations for further reading
- Includes a wide-ranging introduction to the period, clarifying the nature and diversity of political thought in Ireland, Britain, and the Empire
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'Bourke and Gallagher's book tells us that this body of specifically political writing can be and should be placed alongside the thinking of other revolutionary processes, or other histories of secession or decolonisation, or alongside the political ideas of the European war or of the great re-arrangement of states, nations and one-time empires which was the global context for the Irish struggles. Irish political ideas and writing deserve to be studied and evaluated in their own terms, not merely as part of the discursive mix underpinning a Yeats poem or a party campaign. Richard Bourke and Niamh Gallagher's excellent anthology shows us where to start.' Conor McCarthy, Dublin Review of Books
See more reviews'rich and valuable' Conor McCarthy, Dublin Review of Books
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- Date Published: May 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108836678
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 222 x 144 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.694kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction Richard Bourke
Bibliographical Essay
Chronology of Events
Biographies
Note on the Texts
1909:
1. Women, Ideals and the Nation Constance Markievicz
1910:
2. From Labour in Irish history James Connolly
1911:
3. From 'Pitt's Policy' Arthur Griffith
4. From the Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers
1912:
5. 'Home Rule and the Colonial Analogy' L. S. Amery
6. 'Settlement of an Old Controversy' Edward Carson
7. Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant
8. Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant (Women's Declaration)
9. 'The Economics of Nationalism' Thomas M. Kettle
1913:
10. From A Fool's Paradise A.V. Dicey
11. 'The North Began' Eoin MacNeill
12. The Coming Revolution Patrick Pearse
1914: 'Labour and the Proposed Partition of Ireland' James Connolly
14. 'Our Duty in the Crisis' James Connolly
15. 'A Continental Revolution' James Connolly
16. 'Speech on the Suspensory Bill' John Redmond
1915:
17. 'A War for Civilization' James Connolly
18. From the Re-conquest of Ireland James Connolly
19. 'O'Donovan Rossa: Graveside Panegyric' Patrick Pearse
1916:
20. 'What is a Free Nation?' James Connolly
21. Proclamation of the Republic: Poblacht na h Éireann
22. The Sovereign People Patrick Pearse
1917:
23. 'State of Ireland' Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
24. A Defence of the Convention Horace Plunkett
1918:
25. Ireland and a People's Peace Louie Bennett
26. Loyalty and Disloyalty: What it Means in Ireland Alice Stopford Green
27. Ourselves Alone in Ulster Alice Stopford Green
1920:
28. 'Ulster the Facts of the Case' Robert Lynd
1921:
29. Is Ireland a Danger to England? Erskine Childers
30. 'Debate on Treaty' Arthur Griffith
1922:
31. From Ulster's Stand for Union Ronald McNeill
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