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Kearns, Gerard (2001) “Educate that holy hatred”: place, trauma and identity in the Irish nationalism of John Mitchel. Political Geography, 20. pp. 885-911. ISSN 0962-6298
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Abstract
Many anti-colonial nationalisms incorporate a historical justification for independence. In
the case of Irish nationalism, this historical argument has often drawn attention to traumatic
historical events of conquest and famine. These traumas are blamed on the English colonisers.
In this article, I explore some of the consequences of this particular way of tying together
place and history in the service of nationalism. I argue that it can serve to deflect nationalists
from detailed consideration of alternative futures towards a purely manichean critique of the
past.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Nationalism; John Mitchel; Ireland; Irish Famine; Colonialism; Trauma; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: | 8657 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/S0962-6298(01)00018-X |
| Depositing User: | Gerry Kearns |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2017 10:52 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Political Geography |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/8657 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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