ISBN-13: 9780415115032 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 270 str.
ISBN-13: 9780415115032 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 270 str.
The encroachment of globalization and demands for greater regional autonomy have had a profound effect on the way we picture Ireland. This work looks at the key issue of sovereignty, and asks how we should think about the identity of a postnationalist Ireland. It goes to the heart of the conflict over demands for communal identity - traditionally expressed by nationalism - and the demand for a universal model of citizenship - traditionally expressed by republicanism. Is so doing, the text asks us to question whether the sacrosanct concept of absolute national sovereignty is becoming a luxury ill afforded in the emerging new Europe. Moving beyond the political, the author considers the influence of philosophers such as George Berkeley, John Toland and John Tyndall, and looks at some of the myths in Irish poetry and nationhood.