Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O'BrienRichard English, Joseph Morrison Skelly, Conor Cruise O'Brien University Press of America, 2000 - 410 páginas In Ideas Matter a wide array of Irish and international figures pay tribute to Conor Cruise O'Brien, with a collection of original essays on a wide range of issues which fascinated O'Brien: Irish history and politics, the United Nations, the Middle East, African affairs, American studies, the interplay of literature and politics, Edmund Burke, deTocqueville, Camus, and W.B. Yeats. They also reflect, with admiration and affection, on the highlights of a remarkable career. The broad reach of these topics underscores the scope of O'Brien's concerns. This book will be of interest to students of the humanities and political sciences. |
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Ideas Matter | 9 |
THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS | 39 |
Developing Human Rights Together | 41 |
POETRY AND MEMOIRS | 49 |
The Stick | 51 |
Myself and the Cruiser | 54 |
Conor Cruise OBrien and La Politesse d LEprit | 63 |
My Scholarly and Sagacious Friend | 77 |
A Vanquishes Aristocrat in Democratic America Alexis de Tocqueville | 231 |
AFRICAN CULTURE EDUCATION AND POLITICS | 249 |
The Arts of Africa | 251 |
Conor Cruise OBrien A Legon Perspective | 265 |
Conor Cruise OBrien at the University of Cape Town The Great Cacophony | 277 |
THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE MIDDLE EAST | 289 |
Encounters | 291 |
You Need Beethoven to Modernise | 303 |
IRISH LITERATURE HISTORY AND POLITICS | 87 |
Years at Fifty | 89 |
The Irish and the Great War A Case of Amnesia | 103 |
In the Name of God and of the Dead Generations Nationalism and Republicanism in Ireland | 109 |
More Pages from an Irish Memoir | 123 |
Following Conor | 137 |
The Union and the Economic Future of Northern Ireland | 148 |
THE CLASSICS SHAKESPEARE AND HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS | 157 |
About Learning Greek | 159 |
Politics as Psychology as Politics A Reading of Macbeth | 185 |
Polite Letters and Clios Fashions | 195 |
BURKE TOCQUEVILLE IRELAND AMERICA | 209 |
Burkes Political Testament Thomas Hussey and the Irish Directory | 211 |
DEMOCRACY HISTORY AND CULTURE IN MEXICO CHINA AND EUROPE | 311 |
Mexico Between Past and Present | 313 |
Conor Cruise OBrien and China | 325 |
The Necessity of Social Democracy | 333 |
THE EUROPEAN LITERARY IMAGINATION | 343 |
The Albert Camus and the Dubious Politics of Mercy | 345 |
Maria Cross Roads A Study of Donat ODonnell | 357 |
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Bibliography | 401 |
Acknowledgements | 403 |
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Informações bibliográficas
| Título | Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O'Brien |
| Editores | Richard English, Joseph Morrison Skelly, Conor Cruise O'Brien |
| Editora | University Press of America, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0761816550, 9780761816553 |
| Num. págs. | 410 páginas |
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