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Articles by Brendan O'Leary
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Status Quo Patriotism
in NLR 23, September-October 2003, pp. 100-104
Subjects: Nationalism
To when should the emergence of nationalism be dated? How should its distinctive ideological features be characterized? What consequences follow for ethnic conflicts today? Kedourie, Oakeshott and Gellner as markers in the rival views that followed.
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In Praise of Empires Past
in NLR 18, November-December 2002, pp. 106-130
Subjects: Nationalism
Mourning the Ottoman world of his Baghdadi forebears, Elie Kedourie produced the most influential modern critique of nationalism. Brendan O’Leary unravels the background and logic of this classic of the conservative imagination.
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The Nature of the British-Irish Agreement
in NLR I/233, January-February 1999, pp. 66-96
Subjects: Britain , Ireland , Nationalism , Political Theory and Strategy
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