Download or read book Back to the Future of Irish Studies written by Maureen O'Connor and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concepts of Ireland and 'Irishness' are in constant flux in the wake of an ever-increasing reappraisal of the notion of cultural and national specificity in a world assailed from all angles by the forces of globalisation and uniformity. Reimagining Ireland interrogates Ireland's past and present and suggests possibilities for the future by looking at Ireland's literature, culture and history and subjecting them to the most up-to-date critical appraisals associated with sociology, literary theory, historiography, political science and theology.