The Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist Writings of James Connolly 1893-1916
Seiten
2016
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-1066-3 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-1066-3 (ISBN)
This anthology will bring James Connolly's writings – as pertinent in Ireland and the postcolonial world a century after his execution for leadership of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland as in his own lifetime – to a new global and Irish readership.
The writings of Ireland’s greatest left-wing and anti-imperialist activist
James Connolly, the greatest Marxist and socialist thinker, organiser and leader Ireland ever produced, was also a great internationalist and anti-imperialist writer and campaigner. This wide-ranging anthology features a scholarly introduction which provides background to Connolly’s life, career, and influences; and which contextualizes his work both in Ireland and internationally. The collection of texts presented here demonstrates that Connolly’s writings are as pertinent in Ireland and the postcolonial world a century after his execution for leadership of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland as it was in his own lifetime. The Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist Writings of James Connolly, 1893-1916 will be a vital and inspiring resource for students, scholars and activists seeking to understand the tumultuous history of early-twentieth century Ireland in both its local and imperial contexts, and looking for the tools to understand the inequities of our globalised world today.
Key Features
Offers an account of his life and locates his work in the contexts of Irish, imperial and global historyStresses the complex and rich dialectic in his work between socialism and Marxism, and nationalismDemonstrates Connolly’s internationalist and anti-imperialist world-viewLocates Connolly’s work in the context of Irish nationalist and republican revolutionary thought, and international Marxism and anti-imperialism
The writings of Ireland’s greatest left-wing and anti-imperialist activist
James Connolly, the greatest Marxist and socialist thinker, organiser and leader Ireland ever produced, was also a great internationalist and anti-imperialist writer and campaigner. This wide-ranging anthology features a scholarly introduction which provides background to Connolly’s life, career, and influences; and which contextualizes his work both in Ireland and internationally. The collection of texts presented here demonstrates that Connolly’s writings are as pertinent in Ireland and the postcolonial world a century after his execution for leadership of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland as it was in his own lifetime. The Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist Writings of James Connolly, 1893-1916 will be a vital and inspiring resource for students, scholars and activists seeking to understand the tumultuous history of early-twentieth century Ireland in both its local and imperial contexts, and looking for the tools to understand the inequities of our globalised world today.
Key Features
Offers an account of his life and locates his work in the contexts of Irish, imperial and global historyStresses the complex and rich dialectic in his work between socialism and Marxism, and nationalismDemonstrates Connolly’s internationalist and anti-imperialist world-viewLocates Connolly’s work in the context of Irish nationalist and republican revolutionary thought, and international Marxism and anti-imperialism
Conor McCarthy is Lecturer in English at Maynooth University. He’s the author of Modernisation, Crisis and Culture in Ireland 1969-1992 (2000) and The Cambridge Introduction to Edward Said (2010).
Introduction; Further Reading; 1. The Early Years and the Irish Socialist Republican Party; 2. America and the International Workers of the World; 3. Labour in Irish History; 4. Empire and Revolution; 5. The Lock-Out, the First World War, and the Rising; Coda: Connolly’s Afterlives.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Key Texts in Anti-Colonial Thought |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 335 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-1066-9 / 1474410669 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-1066-3 / 9781474410663 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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