TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Brien,Eugene
TI  - Examining Irish nationalism in the context of literature, culture and religion: a study of the epistemological structure of nationalism 
T2  - Irish studies
SN  - 9780773421226 (electronic bk.)
AV  - PR8722.N27 O27 2002eb
U1  - 820.9/358820.9358 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Lewiston, N.Y.
PB  - Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - English literature
KW  - Irish authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Nationalism and literature
KW  - Ireland
KW  - History
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Nationalism in literature
KW  - Civilization
KW  - In literature
KW  - Religion
KW  - Literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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
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