George Sweeney
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Sweeney |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Sweeney |
| SIGNATURE | SWEENEY G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1947 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Irish Hunger Strikes and the Cult of Self-Sacrifice
Hunger striking as a means of obtaining social or economic redress, or as a method of political confrontation has a plotted, yet discernible, history in Ireland. While the phenomenon is not peculiar to Irish politics, the country did witness one of the largest hunger strike protests of the twentieth century. In October 1923, more than 8000 political prisoners, opposed to the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, went on hunger strike'. Two prisoners died befo…
Self-Immolation in Ireland
La greve de la faim et le culte de l'auto-immolation occupent une place importante dans l'histoire et la mythologie irlandaise (le prechristianisme avec les lois Brehon, la resurgence des traditions gaeliques au XIX eme siecle et l'auto-immulation de l'IRA au XX eme siecle). Cette attitude traduit une contestation et une methode de confrontation politique et confirme la theologie dogmatique de la violence portee par la tradition republicaine irla…
Food Supplies of a Desert Tribe
Irish Hunger Strikes and the Cult of Self-Sacrifice
Hunger striking as a means of obtaining social or economic redress, or as a method of political confrontation has a plotted, yet discernible, history in Ireland. While the phenomenon is not peculiar to Irish politics, the country did witness one of the largest hunger strike protests of the twentieth century. In October 1923, more than 8000 political prisoners, opposed to the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, went on hunger strike'. Two prisoners died befo…
Self-Immolation in Ireland
La greve de la faim et le culte de l'auto-immolation occupent une place importante dans l'histoire et la mythologie irlandaise (le prechristianisme avec les lois Brehon, la resurgence des traditions gaeliques au XIX eme siecle et l'auto-immulation de l'IRA au XX eme siecle). Cette attitude traduit une contestation et une methode de confrontation politique et confirme la theologie dogmatique de la violence portee par la tradition republicaine irla…
Food Supplies of a Desert Tribe
Irish Hunger Strikes and the Cult of Self-Sacrifice
Hunger striking as a means of obtaining social or economic redress, or as a method of political confrontation has a plotted, yet discernible, history in Ireland. While the phenomenon is not peculiar to Irish politics, the country did witness one of the largest hunger strike protests of the twentieth century. In October 1923, more than 8000 political prisoners, opposed to the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, went on hunger strike'. Two prisoners died befo…
Self-Immolation in Ireland
La greve de la faim et le culte de l'auto-immolation occupent une place importante dans l'histoire et la mythologie irlandaise (le prechristianisme avec les lois Brehon, la resurgence des traditions gaeliques au XIX eme siecle et l'auto-immulation de l'IRA au XX eme siecle). Cette attitude traduit une contestation et une methode de confrontation politique et confirme la theologie dogmatique de la violence portee par la tradition republicaine irla…
History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Criminology (1 work)