Dialectics of Conquest: background and context in the emergence of conflict in Northern Ireland

Dialectics of Conquest: background and context in the emergence of conflict in N. Ireland Dr Alan Bruce Universal Learning Systems Belfast: 9 September 2010

Why this sudden bewilderment, this confusion?… Why are the streets and squares emptying so rapidly, Everyone else going home in thought? Because the night has fallen and the barbarians haven’t come. And some of our men who have just returned from the border say There are no barbarians any longer. Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution. Waiting for the Barbarians Constantine Cavafy

Aim and overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where do we start? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Contours of a history ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Memories, memories… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Contemporary Contexts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The peace to end all peace ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The colonial imperative ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Contact ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Penetration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fragmentation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Domination ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Twentieth Century dawns ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The colonial process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Theorists of colonialism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Impact on Ireland ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Irish Question ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The British Question ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

State policy - UK ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

State policy - Republic of Ireland ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The implosion of 1969 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Collapse of the Northern State ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Crisis in context ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lessons of resistance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Legacies of division ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dimensions of the crisis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thank you ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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