02313nam 2200433 450 991015024790332120230807220352.00-7171-6605-8(CKB)3820000000018834(SSID)ssj0001638806(PQKBManifestationID)16397926(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001638806(PQKBWorkID)14859411(PQKB)11329736(MiAaPQ)EBC5286547(EXLCZ)99382000000001883420200103d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe Irish Paradox how and why we are such a contradictory people /Sean MoncrieffDublin, Ireland :Gill & Macmillan,[2015]©20151 online resource (125 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7171-6607-4 What does it mean to be Irish? In his search for the answer to this question and, with it, the key to the Irish psyche, Sean Moncrieff roams far and wide - from the pub to the dole queue, the laboratory to the pulpit. Whether calling upon cutting-edge genetic research to question our parochialism or the twin disciplines of group psychology and sociology to account for our deep-rooted suspicion of outsiders, The Irish Paradox is an invigorating demystification of the flattering myths, prejudices and logical blindspots that bind us together. Packed with offbeat personal anecdotes and intriguing detours into the murkier recesses of Irish history, science and politics, The Irish Paradox offers a roadmap to those struggling to make sense of a country defined as much by its contradictions as its sense of community. Broken into five chapters, each corresponding to a separate aspect of the nation's personality, this an utterly unique and provocative take on a country in bad faith, at once in denial about its past and uncertain of its future.--Source other than Library of Congress.IrelandCivilization914.150359Moncrieff Seán1247804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910150247903321The Irish Paradox2892422UNINA