192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Almost nowhere are politics and history so intimately bound up as in Ireland. Over the course of several hundred years rival political and religious camps have shaped their identities according to particular interpretations of their shared history. As such, any re-examination and revision of Irish history has the potential to have a very real impact upon wider society. Defining revisionism in... Read more
Introduction, Robert Perry; Chapter 1 Revisionism, Robert Perry; Chapter 2 Revisionist Marxism, Robert Perry; Chapter 3 Revisionist Nationalism, Robert Perry; Chapter 4 Revisionist Unionism, Robert Perry; Conclusion, Robert Perry;
Biography
Dr Robert Perry specialises in the history and politics of Ireland. He received his PhD in Politics from Queen's University Belfast, and has taught at several higher education institutions in the United Kingdom, most recently at Coventry University.
'... a sustained and committed attempt, on the basis of wide reading, to unravel the complexities of an important intellectual and political phenomenon.' Richard English, University of St Andrews, UK ’The most comprehensive study of revisionism in Irish historical scholarship to appear since the Good Friday Agreement, this volume traces the origins of the controversy and discusses its impact on Marxism, nationalism and unionism. Political and popular reactions are traced through key interviews conducted by the author, which explain both points of similarity and fissures within revisionist critiques.’ Donal Lowry, Oxford Brookes University, UK
