03149cam a2200625Ka 4500 ocn793510998 OCoLC 20200709055526.0 m d cr |n| 120514s2002 nyu ob 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCQ N$T 9780773421226 (electronic bk.) 077342122X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)793510998 451537 (N$T) PR8722.N27 O27 2002eb LIT 004120 bisacsh 820.9/358 820.9358 N$TA O'Brien, Eugene, 1958- Examining Irish nationalism in the context of literature, culture and religion [electronic resource] : a study of the epistemological structure of nationalism / Eugene O'Brien. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. 1 online resource. Irish studies ; v. 3 Includes bibliographical references. This study argues that it is only through its epistemological perspective that nationalism can be properly analyzed. It goes on to offer such an analysis, utilizing the work of Jacques Lacan. This study contents that the captation of the self by a reflected, two-dimensional image of that self is the sine qua non of the epistemology of nationalism, as a sense of group selfhood is defined performatively through this process. The strong connections between nationalism and religion are examined Finally, the supposed difference between political nationalism and 'cultural nationalism' is interrogate. Description based on print version record. English literature Irish authors History and criticism. Nationalism and literature Ireland History. Nationalism Religious aspects. Nationalism Ireland History. Nationalism in literature. Ireland In literature. Ireland Civilization. Ireland Religion. English literature Irish authors History and criticism. Ireland Civilization. Ireland In literature. Ireland Religion. Nationalism Ireland History. Nationalism Religious aspects. Nationalism and literature Ireland History. Nationalism in literature. Literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: O'Brien, Eugene, 1958- Examining Irish nationalism in the context of literature, culture and religion. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, c2002 9780773472389 Irish studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 3. Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=903245 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=451537 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL903245 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51224 51224