Conor Cruise O'Brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 4544963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Conor Cruise O'Brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Conor Cruise |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Brien |
| SIGNATURE | BRIEN C C O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Race Relations, London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
Journal Article The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the Trench Revolution, 1785–1800. By Conor Cruise O'Brien. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. xviii, 367 pp. and Thomas Jefferson and the Changing West: From Conquest to Conservation. Ed. by James P. Ronda. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1997. xx, 204 pp. Get access Norman K. Risjord Norman K. Risjord University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Search for other works by…
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
On the Eve of the Millennium: The Future of Democracy through an Age of Unreason
Ancient Hatreds, Modern Passions
The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography of Edmund Burke
The Wrath of Ages: Nationalism's Primordial Roots
Antisemitism in the 1990s: A Symposium
We recently addressed the following statement and questions on the strength and nature of anti-Semitism in the 1990s to a number of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world: Talk of a ‘revival’ or ‘resurgence’ of anti-Semitism is now commonplace. This seems to be the result of developments in the former USSR and in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989, but also of increasing reports of anti-Semitic incidents taking place throughout Western Europe …
Passion and Cunning: Essays on Nationalism, Terrorism and Revolution
God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism
In his usual witty style, Conor Cruise O'Brien illuminates the confusion and conflation of religion and nationalism throughout history, and the enormous tensions produced by interactions between the two
The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism
A courageous, dramatic telling of the Jewish homeland's extraordinary story, from the birth of Zionism and its founders on
Antisemitism today a symposium
Hands off
Liberty and Terrorism
T his article concerns those situations in which democratic governments, working under the rule of law, are confronted by armed organizations seeking to attain political objectives by the use of violence, and through the terror which violence inspires. In such struggles each side sees itself as upholding the cause of liberty, but the idea of liberty is differently defined by each side-with varying degrees of precision and intensity. Supporters of…
What rights should minorities have
(1973). What rights should minorities have? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 109-116
Northern Ireland: Its Past and Its Future
Some Encounters with the Culturally Free
In 1963, Encounter issued a commemorative anthology entitled Encounters to mark its tenth year of publication. I reviewed this in the New Statesman. My review may be found in my book, Writers and Politics. In the review I questioned certain rash assertions made by Sir Denis Brogan in
The Embers of Easter 1916-1966
‘A blow delivered against the British imperialist bourgeoisie in Ireland has a hundred times more political significance than a blow of equal weight would have in Asia and Africa. . . The dialectics of history are such that small nations, powerless as an independent factor in the struggle
Autonomy and academic freedom in Britain and Africa
The Congo, the United Nations and Chatham House
Catherine Hoskyns’s book, The Congo since Independence, is a scholarly and fair-minded account, based on an analysis of all the available documentary material, and also on discussions with many of the personalities concerned, of events in and about the Congo during the two fateful years 1960 and 1961
The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism
A courageous, dramatic telling of the Jewish homeland's extraordinary story, from the birth of Zionism and its founders on
Antisemitism today a symposium
The Wrath of Ages: Nationalism's Primordial Roots
Antisemitism in the 1990s: A Symposium
We recently addressed the following statement and questions on the strength and nature of anti-Semitism in the 1990s to a number of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world: Talk of a ‘revival’ or ‘resurgence’ of anti-Semitism is now commonplace. This seems to be the result of developments in the former USSR and in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989, but also of increasing reports of anti-Semitic incidents taking place throughout Western Europe …
Autonomy and academic freedom in Britain and Africa
On the Eve of the Millennium: The Future of Democracy through an Age of Unreason
Passion and Cunning: Essays on Nationalism, Terrorism and Revolution
The Congo, the United Nations and Chatham House
Catherine Hoskyns’s book, The Congo since Independence, is a scholarly and fair-minded account, based on an analysis of all the available documentary material, and also on discussions with many of the personalities concerned, of events in and about the Congo during the two fateful years 1960 and 1961
The Embers of Easter 1916-1966
‘A blow delivered against the British imperialist bourgeoisie in Ireland has a hundred times more political significance than a blow of equal weight would have in Asia and Africa. . . The dialectics of history are such that small nations, powerless as an independent factor in the struggle
Autonomy and academic freedom in Britain and Africa
Some Encounters with the Culturally Free
In 1963, Encounter issued a commemorative anthology entitled Encounters to mark its tenth year of publication. I reviewed this in the New Statesman. My review may be found in my book, Writers and Politics. In the review I questioned certain rash assertions made by Sir Denis Brogan in
Northern Ireland: Its Past and Its Future
What rights should minorities have
(1973). What rights should minorities have? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 109-116
Liberty and Terrorism
T his article concerns those situations in which democratic governments, working under the rule of law, are confronted by armed organizations seeking to attain political objectives by the use of violence, and through the terror which violence inspires. In such struggles each side sees itself as upholding the cause of liberty, but the idea of liberty is differently defined by each side-with varying degrees of precision and intensity. Supporters of…
Hands off
Antisemitism today a symposium
The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism
A courageous, dramatic telling of the Jewish homeland's extraordinary story, from the birth of Zionism and its founders on
God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism
In his usual witty style, Conor Cruise O'Brien illuminates the confusion and conflation of religion and nationalism throughout history, and the enormous tensions produced by interactions between the two
Passion and Cunning: Essays on Nationalism, Terrorism and Revolution
Antisemitism in the 1990s: A Symposium
We recently addressed the following statement and questions on the strength and nature of anti-Semitism in the 1990s to a number of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world: Talk of a ‘revival’ or ‘resurgence’ of anti-Semitism is now commonplace. This seems to be the result of developments in the former USSR and in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989, but also of increasing reports of anti-Semitic incidents taking place throughout Western Europe …
The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography of Edmund Burke
The Wrath of Ages: Nationalism's Primordial Roots
Ancient Hatreds, Modern Passions
On the Eve of the Millennium: The Future of Democracy through an Age of Unreason
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
Journal Article The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the Trench Revolution, 1785–1800. By Conor Cruise O'Brien. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. xviii, 367 pp. and Thomas Jefferson and the Changing West: From Conquest to Conservation. Ed. by James P. Ronda. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1997. xx, 204 pp. Get access Norman K. Risjord Norman K. Risjord University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Search for other works by…
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