Durkheim and national identity in Ireland: applying the sociology of knowledge and religion
"Durkheim and National Identity in Ireland uses the classical sociology of Durkheim, in association with established theories of nation formation, to explore the development of opposed national identities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. James Dingley looks at Catholicism, the core of Irish nat...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
März 2015
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| In: | Jahr: 2015 |
| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917
/ Irland
/ Nationalcharakter
/ Religiöses Verhalten
/ Wissenssoziologie
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Religion and sociology
B Social Science Discrimination & Race Relations B Social Science Sociology of Religion B Knowledge, Sociology of B Social Science Customs & Traditions B Durkheim, Émile (1858-1917) Political and social views B National characteristics, Irish B Political and social views B Social Science Anthropology Cultural B Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917 Political and social views Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917 |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Durkheim and National Identity in Ireland uses the classical sociology of Durkheim, in association with established theories of nation formation, to explore the development of opposed national identities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. James Dingley looks at Catholicism, the core of Irish nationalist identity, and draws upon its established sociological association of pre-industrial, rural peasant society and culture. By contrast, Dingley reviews Protestantism as the core of Ulster identity, with the equal association of industrial, scientific society, as the key elements in explaining why Ulster Unionists evolved an opposed and incompatible culture and identity to Irish nationalism. These underlying religious philosophies of Catholicism and Protestantism illustrate how religion acted as a symbolic representation of socio-economic separate development, and examine a Durkheimian analysis as an alternative approach to conflict resolution in Northern Ireland"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index |
| ISBN: | 1137442581 |