Description
Book SynopsisExplores how from its formation in 1954 the intellectual movement Tuairim (opinion' in Irish) was at the vanguard of the challenge to orthodoxy and conservatism. -- .
Trade Review"Meticulously researched, well-written and engaging - this is a book for all of us, a book that places issues to the fore and reforms ideas about the role of the 1950s in Irish historiography"
[Sarah-Anne Buckley, The Journal of the Galway and Archeological Society’ Volume 65: 2013, p. 154]
‘This study is welcome for its retrieval of an important group in the making of contemporary Irish society and for the questions it asks about the role of ideas and how they inform or influence the public and policy makers.’
Brian Girvin, University of Glasgow
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Tuairim and the intellectual climate in Ireland
2. Representation and reform: Tuairim, the government and the Oireachtas
3. North and south: Tuairim and a divided island
4. Discourse and discord: Tuairim’s challenge to the conservative consensus on education and childcare
5. Sense and censorship: Tuairim and cultural conservatism
Conclusion
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Index
