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Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas
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9781844133161
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Random House Uk
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History
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Paperback
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462
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Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas challenges the received wisdom about why Northern Ireland descended into internecine strife. Focussing on the period from 1968 to the present, it argues that the Troubles were not the result of an upsurge in primitive hatreds, nor a reversion to tribal loyalties. The conflict in Northern Ireland had a peculiarly modern character, the distinctive features of which are observable elsewhere around the globe today. The Northern Ireland crisis centred around rival aspirations to democracy. The very existence of such a crisis highlights the fact that democracy is a fundamental problem for modern politics, not an automatic recipe for harmony and accommodation. Failure to grasp the significance of this problem has vital implications for the prospects of the current Northern Irish peace process. In assessing those prospects, this brilliantly illuminatingbook provides a wider analysis of the core values which guide political judgement in the modern world, and explores one of the basic dilemmas facing present day politics. The history of Northern Ireland presents a struggle between the two organising principles of modern politics - democracy and imperialism. However, the meaning of these principles has been systematically misunderstood under the influence of political prejudice and passion. Through an exploration of the dynamics of war and peace in Northern Ireland, this book sets out to uncover the true significance of each principle, and to chart the dangers which accompany their misapplication in political conflicts which threaten the world at present.
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Author Biography
Richard Bourke was educated in Dublin, London, Oxford and Cambridge. He specialises in the history of political thought and on modern Irish history. In addition to publishing on the Irish 'Troubles', he has written on the themes of empire, democracy and political conflict, and on the political thought of Edmund Burke. He has commented on Northern Ireland affairs for the BBC, the Irish Times and the Financial Times. Dr Bourke lectured at University College Dublin before moving to the University of London in 1993. He was the recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship,which he held at the University of Munich in 2006-07. Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas was short-listed for the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize in 2005.
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