Histories of the Irish Future [Hardcover]

Histories of the Irish Futureis an intellectual history of Ireland and a history of Irish crises viewed through the eyes of twelve key writers: William Petty, William Molyneux, Edmund Burke, Thomas Malthus, Richard Whately, Friedrich Engels, John Mitchel, James Connolly, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Jeremiah Newman, Conor Cruise O'Brien and Fintan O'Toole. Their analyses of the shifting conditions of Ireland and their efforts to address Ireland's predicaments are located within the wider social, political, economic and cultural anxieties of their times. The result is a pioneering interdisciplinary contribution to modern Irish history and Irish Studies that will appeal to students of politics, economic history, and philosophy.

Bryan Fanningis Professor and Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Dublin. His books includeRacism and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland(2012),New Guests of the Irish Nation(2009),The Quest for Modern Ireland(2008) and, as co-author,The Books that Define Ireland(2014).

1. Modest Proposals and Irish Futures
2. William Petty's Final Solution
3. William Molyneux and the Case for Ireland
4. Edmund Burke and the Case for Union
5. Thomas Malthus and Catholic Emancipation
6. Richard Whately and End of Ascendancy
7. Friedrich Engels and the Crisis of Irish Character
8. John Mitchel and the Last Conquest of Ireland
9. James Connolly and the Triumph of Catholic Nationalism
10. Hannah Sheehy Skeffington versus the Free State
11. Jeremiah Newman and Catholic Decline
12. The Lonely Passion of Conor Cruise O'Brien
13. Fintan O'Toole's Second Republic
14. Ghosts of Futures Past