Political thought in Ireland, 1776-1798 : republicanism, patriotism, and radicalism / Stephen Small.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Small, Stephen (Stephen John)

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Ireland--History--18th century.

Political science.

Ireland--Politics and government--18th century.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive analysis of late eighteenth-century Irish patriot thought and its development into 1790's radical republicanism. It is a history of the rich political ideas and languages that emerged from the tumultuous events and colourful individuals of this pivotal period in Irish history. Stephen Small's exploration of the ideology of the movements for legislative independence, parliamentary reform, Catholic relief and separation from Britain sheds new light on the Rebellion of 1798 and the origins of Irish republican nationalism.

Contents:

TITLE PAGE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; Introduction; 1: The Origins of Irish Republicanism, Patriotism, and Radicalism; I: Introduction; Protestant Superiority; Ancient Constitutionalism; Commercial Grievances; Natural Rights; Classical Republicanism; II: Republicanism; III: Patriotism; IV: Radicalism; V: Patriotism and Republicanism in Ireland Before the American Revolution; VI: Conclusion; 2: Patriotism in the Age of the American Revolution, 1776-1780; I: American Influence on Ireland; II: Irish Support for the American Revolution

III: Ancient Constitutionalism: The Difference Between Ireland and America IV: The Ancient Constitution and Natural Rights; V: The Language of Commercial Grievance; VI: Mixing the Commercial, the Constitutional, and the Classical Republican; 3: Patriotism, Classical Republicanism, and the Volunteers, 1780-1782; I: The Classical Republican Theory of Liberty; II: The Volunteers and the Construction of Civic Heroes; III: Vigilance, Power, and Liberty; IV: Standing Armies and the Mutiny Bill; V: Cyclical Decay; VI: Combining the Classical and the Commercial

VII: Critiques of the Volunteers and Conservative Patriotism VIII: Patriotism and Legislative Independence; 4: Patriotism and Radical Reform, 1782-1785; I: The Renunciation Dispute; II: The British Context of Parliamentary Reform; III: The Ideal of the Volunteer in the Emergence of Popular Sovereignty; IV: Ancient Constitutionalism, Natural Rights, and Popular Sovereignty; V: Defining 'The People' and Their Role; VI: Classical Republicanism, Protestant Superiority, and Catholic Citizenship; VII: Protestant Attitudes to Catholic Relief

VIII: Protestant Radicalism and the Catholic Question, 1782-1785 IX: The Plans of the Reform Movement; X: William Drennan's Letters of Orellana; 5: Protestant Ascendancy and the Revival of Radicalism, 1786-1791; I: The Tithe Dispute and Protestant Reaction, 1786-1788; II: The Regency Crisis, the Irish Whigs, and the Revival of Liberal Patriotism; III: The Radical Revival and Early Fissures in the Patriot-Whig Discourse; 6: The Polarization and Fragmentation of Patriotism, 1791-1793; I: United Irish and Catholic Radicalism, 1791-1793; II: Patriot Schism; III: War, Reform, and Reaction

IV: The Rhetoric of Reaction V: Moderation and Disillusion; 7: From Radical Reform to Republican Separatism, 1793-1798; I: Shifting Terms of Debate and Linguistic Struggle; II: The Struggle for the Soul of the Constitution, 1793-1795; III: The Causes of Unrest: Repression, Poverty, and Social Division; IV: Solutions: Education, Popular Sovereignty, and Radical Reform; V: The Fitzwilliam Affair; VI: Further Repression: The Constitution Under Strain; VII: Republicanism and Separatism; VIII: Radical Republican Revolutionary Theory; IX: Conclusion; Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Based on the author's thesis (D.Phil.)--Oxford University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612199134

1-282-19913-7

0-19-151454-3

1-280-44692-7

OCLC:

476259252