Mobilising classics : reading radical writing in Ireland / edited by Fiona Dukelow and Orla O'Donovan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dukelow, Fiona, editor.

O'Donovan, Orla, editor.

Series:

Manchester Political Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and society--Ireland--History.

Literature and society.

Radicalism in literature.

Radicalism--Ireland--History.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The terms patriarchy, institutional racism, sustainable development and alienation may be familiar but this familiarity is often removed from the analytical contexts in which these ideas emerged. This book provides a series of rich reflections on the interaction between the radical ideas associated with these and other authors, and political action in Ireland.The classic texts that comprise the focal point for each chapter were selected by the contributors, many of whom straddle the boundaries of academia and activism. Each essay provides an account of the contributor’s personal encounters with the text, opens up the key mobilising ideas and considers how the text has the potential invigorate the political imagination of contemporary oppositional politics. This book will be of interest to students in the social sciences, especially sociology and Irish studies and will appeal to those interested or involved in political activism of any variety.

Contents:

Thomas Paine's The rights of man / Bernadette McAliskey

William Thompson's Practical education for the south of Ireland / Eileen O'Carroll

James Connolly's Labour in Irish history / Fintan Lane

Robert Tressel's The ragged trousered philanthropists / Rosie Meade

Simone de Beauvoire's The second sex / Fiona Dukelow

Thomas Szasz's The myth of mental illness / Orla McDonnell

Kwame Ture and Charles Hamilton's Black power: the politics of liberation / Robbie McVeigh

Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the oppressed / Mark Garavan

Ivan Illich's Tools for conviviality / Orla O'Donovan

Adrien Rich's On compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence / Tina O'Toole

The Brundtland Committee's Our common future / Hilary Tovey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

0-7190-9501-8

OCLC:

1394872251