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The Irish Paradox

How and Why We Are Such a Contradictory People

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We ve been clever and stupid, principled and corrupt. We can be kind and cruel, guilty of dopey optimism and chronic fatalism. We re friendly, but near impossible to get to know. We re proud to be Irish but often crippled with self-loathing. We think we re great, but not really. We find ourselves fascinating. Of course we do. We re a paradox. There s something about Irish people, about the way their minds work. But what makes them think the way they do? In his search for the answer to this question and the key to the Irish psyche, Sean Moncrieff roams from the pub to the online world, the shop to the pulpit. Packed with observations, revelations and intriguing detours into the murkier recesses of Irish history and culture, The Irish Paradox is a roadmap of the contradictory, mutating nature of Irishness.

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The Irish Paradox, Seán Moncrieff

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Pubblicato
2015
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Titolo
The Irish Paradox
Sottotitolo
How and Why We Are Such a Contradictory People
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2015
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
256
ISBN10
0717166074
ISBN13
9780717166077
Serie
Descrizione
We ve been clever and stupid, principled and corrupt. We can be kind and cruel, guilty of dopey optimism and chronic fatalism. We re friendly, but near impossible to get to know. We re proud to be Irish but often crippled with self-loathing. We think we re great, but not really. We find ourselves fascinating. Of course we do. We re a paradox. There s something about Irish people, about the way their minds work. But what makes them think the way they do? In his search for the answer to this question and the key to the Irish psyche, Sean Moncrieff roams from the pub to the online world, the shop to the pulpit. Packed with observations, revelations and intriguing detours into the murkier recesses of Irish history and culture, The Irish Paradox is a roadmap of the contradictory, mutating nature of Irishness.