Kearns, Gerard
(2006)
Dublin, modernity and the postcolonial spatial fix.
Irish Geography, 39.
pp. 177-183.
ISSN 0075-0778
Abstract
This book makes an impressive postcolonial and geographical contribution to Irish
Studies, and one which raises, as I shall explore below, important questions about the
relations between cities and modernity. Postcolonial perspectives on Ireland rest upon three
main claims1. First, that for much of its history, Ireland was a British colony. Secondly, that
colonial subjects have constricted agency and hybrid identities; what they can do is limited by the colonial power and what they aspire to is formed in part by that same power. Finally,
to adopt a postcolonial perspective is to search for the ways post-Independence Ireland was
shaped by the legacies of colonialism. Revisionist scholars, argues Kincaid, ignore 'the
legacy of Ireland's long history of underdevelopment and the difficult circumstances out of
which the new nation was born' and blame Ireland's problems instead upon the
persistence of nationalist ideologies.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Dublin; modernity; postcolonial; spatial fix; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
8653 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/00750770609555877 |
| Depositing User: |
Gerry Kearns
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Aug 2017 09:10 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Irish Geography |
| Publisher: |
Geographical Society of Ireland |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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