TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article explores the hypothesis of Clifford Geertz concerning the importance of essentialism (culture) and epochalism (economics) in the creation of new states. It focuses on the Irish state‐building process, examining the thought of the two leaders of the 1916 rising. It finds that Patrick Pearse throughout stressed cultural revitalization and James Connolly stressed economic/social transformation. The article lends support to Geertz’s hypothesis but notes that each leader also came to appreciate the primary concern of the other.
VL  - 26
IS  - 10/11
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/03068299910292523
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299910292523
AU  - O’Neil Daniel J.
PY  - 1999
Y1  - 1999/01/01
TI  - Essentialism and epochalism within the context of Irish state‐building
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 1285
EP  - 1301
Y2  - 2024/05/13
ER  -