Ireland and Irishness in the political thought of Bronterre O'Brien
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9981367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Turner (0000-0002-5428-2635, Appalachian State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 153 |
| Pages | 40-57 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021121400003618 |
| OpenAlex | W2587019426 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Chartism, though weak in Ireland, was the most significant popular political mobilisation in nineteenth-century Britain. Among its main architects was the Irish-born radical journalist and orator, Bronterre O'Brien. This article will describe and explain a key element in O’Brien’s politics. Dubbed ‘the schoolmaster of Chartism’ because of his contribution to the movement's intellectual foundations, O'Brien was one of the few Chartist leaders who had celebrity status, though he broke with other leaders and with the mainstream movement in the early 1840s. His influence waned thereafter and his reputation among historians of Chartism is mixed, but his thoughts about Irish issues circulated widely for a time and they offer suggestive revelations about Ireland's importance to radicals of the Chartist era, about wider debates concerning Irish society and its problems, and about contemporary concepts of Irishness
Element (criminal law · Irish · Mainstream · Media studies · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Zeitgeist · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Theory and Influence
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