TY - BOOK ID - 77888463 TI - Examining Irish Nationalism in the Context of Literature, Culture and Religion : A Study of the Epistemological Structure of Nationalism PY - 2001 SN - 077342122X 9780773421226 077347238X 9780773472389 PB - Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, DB - UniCat KW - English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism. KW - Ireland -- Civilization. KW - Ireland -- In literature. KW - Ireland -- Religion. KW - Nationalism -- Ireland -- History. KW - Nationalism -- Religious aspects. KW - Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History. KW - Nationalism in literature. KW - English literature KW - Nationalism and literature KW - Nationalism KW - Nationalism in literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Literature KW - Literature and nationalism KW - Literature KW - British literature KW - Inklings (Group of writers) KW - Nonsense Club (Group of writers) KW - Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) KW - Nationalism and religion KW - History and criticism KW - Irish authors KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - Ireland KW - In literature. KW - Civilization. KW - Religion. KW - Irish Free State UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77888463 AB - This study argues that it is only through its epistemological perspective that nationalism can be properly analyzed. It goes on to offer such an analysis, utilizing the work of Jacques Lacan. This study contents that the captation of the self by a reflected, two-dimensional image of that self is the sine qua non of the epistemology of nationalism, as a sense of group selfhood is defined performatively through this process. The strong connections between nationalism and religion are examined Finally, the supposed difference between political nationalism and 'cultural nationalism' is interrogate ER -