Mythical Thinking in Political Life Reflections on Nationalism and Social Science

This work (in the trade paperback edition) is a major contribution to the discussion of the role of passion and reason in national life with a special emphasis on the role of myth and mythmaking in the emergence of modern Ireland. The monograph deals with the appeal to reason that was at the core of 18th and early 19th c Irish political redress, then discusses the enveloping power of passion and myth mania in Irish national life and its enduring legacies in early 21st century Catholic Ireland as well as Protestant northeast Ulster. This work has wider appeal as well since it explores the roots of emergent European nationalism in new national entities such as Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Greece and the Arab nationalisms of Egypt and Lebanon all of which were interconnected via programs of national cultural and then political revival.Garvin, Tom is the author of 'Mythical Thinking in Political Life Reflections on Nationalism and Social Science', published 2005 under ISBN 9781930901841 and ISBN 1930901844.