Political Economy and Colonial Ireland: The Propagation and Ideological Function of Economic Discourse in Colonial Ireland

Thomas A. Boylan and Timothy P. Foley. Political Economy and Colonial Ireland: The Propagation and Ideological Function of Economic Discourse in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall. 1992. Pp. xiv, 208. $68.50. - Volume 25 Issue 2

Review: Political Economy and Colonial Ireland: The Propagation and Ideological Function of Economic Discourse in the Nineteenth Century

Political economy and colonial Ireland: the propagation and ideological function of economic discourse in the nineteenth century. By Thomas A. Boylan and Timothy P. Foley. Pp xiv, 208, London: Routledge. 1992. £35.

Book Review: Political Economy and Colonial Ireland: The Propagation and Ideological Function of Economic Discourse in the Nineteenth Century

`I believe that next to good Religious education, a sound knowledge of Political Economy would tend as much to tranquilize this country, if not more, than any other branch of knowledge that can be taught in schools.' - Cork Schools Inspector, 1853 In a nineteenth century Ireland that was divided socially, economically, politically and denominationally, consensus was sought in the new discipline of political economy, which claimed to be scientifically impartial and to transcend all divisions. The authors explore the ideological mission of political economy, and the reasons for the failure of that mission in the wake of the crisis induced by the great famine of 1846/47.

Introduction: Edmund Burke and the colonial sublime Part I. The Politics of Pain: 1. 'This King of Terrors' Edmund Burke and the aesthetics of executions 2. Philoctetes and colonial Ireland: the wounded body as national narrative Part II. Sympathy and the Sublime 3. The sympathetic sublime: Edmund Burke, Adam Smith and the politics of pain 4. Did Edmund Burke cause the great Famine? Political economy and colonialism Part III. Colonialism and Enlightenment: 5. 'Tranquillity tinged with terror': the sublime and agrarian insurgency 6. Burke and colonialism: the enlightenment and cultural diversity Part IV. Progress and Primitivism: 7. 'Subtilised into savages': Burke, progress and primitivism 8. 'The return of the native': The United Irishmen, culture and colonialism.

Book Review| September 01 2000 Politics, Religion, and Classical Political Economy in Britain: John Stuart Mill and His Followers By Jeff Lipkes. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ix; 228 pp. $79.95. Geoffrey Gilbert Geoffrey Gilbert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2000) 32 (3): 701–703. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-32-3-701 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Geoffrey Gilbert; Politics, Religion, and Classical Political Economy in Britain: John Stuart Mill and His Followers. History of Political Economy 1 September 2000; 32 (3): 701–703. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-32-3-701 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsHistory of Political Economy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. 2000 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Reviewed by: Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse After the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 Hillary Miller Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse After the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992. By Kamran Afary. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009; pp. 262. When all of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers charged in the brutal beating of Rodney King were exonerated with a "not guilty" verdict in April 1992, protests enveloped the city, leaving behind a toll of fifty dead, 2,000 injured, and damages nearing $1 billion (4). In Performance and Activism, Kamran Afary explores the performative aspects of these protests, emphasizing the voices of activists who struggled to transform unrest into social change. As a reporter for a local radio station in Los Angeles during the 1990s, Afary saw firsthand how their calls for justice and revolutionary, democratic social change dissipated behind the mainstream media's coverage of interethnic violence. Making extensive use of interviews and other archival materials, Afary recovers the "rhetorical arsenals" of these activists to illustrate the methods by which they developed new counter-public spaces and counter-narratives (161). In his introduction, Afary provides the rationale for his distinctly interdisciplinary methodology, which employs critical race theory, cultural studies, media studies, urban studies, and performance studies. This variety of theoretical lenses adds depth and texture to the frozen, still-life tableaux of the riots that have dominated the narratives of this period in Los Angeles's history. He reviews literature related to the uprising, as well as theories of postmodernism and the global city, acknowledging prominent sociologists who have taken this sprawling city as their subject (for example, Theodor Adorno, Mike Davis, and Saskia Sassen). Using the lens of performance to examine multiple public spheres, Afary argues that grassroots organizations, such as gang truce collectives and court-watch groups, developed new forms of cultural expression that created what political theorist Nancy Fraser refers to as "subaltern counterpublics," in contrast to the notion of a single public sphere. In these spaces, Afary explains, people from subaltern groups can "enact their identities and speak in their own voices relatively (but never totally) freely from forces of domination" (28). His second chapter, "Toward a Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles," tethers theories of cultural production to political economy, reading the rebellion in terms of both its ideological function in public discourse and its relation to the larger criminal-justice system. It also lends specificity to his profile of the city—particularly its shifting demographics, mass immigration, and economic growth—and lays the foundation for his later shift to the "local" (specifically, the Watts and Compton areas). After providing his theoretical grounding and sociological framework, Afary focuses on the gang truce movement in chapters 3 and 4. Although it was often misinterpreted by members of the LAPD as threatening, the gang truce movement offered what Afary, following anthropologist Victor Turner, refers to as "healing rituals." One example was the organization of "gang truce parties," a new form of urban festivity "comprised of a series of rich improvisatory rituals and ceremonies that symbolized a community's willingness to deal with rapidly changing political situations" (73). Gang truce negotiations "grew into a multifaceted movement throughout the 1990s, where performances and creative presentations of the self became even more pronounced" (89). These "creative presentations of the self" included the public telling of stories by former gang members, the emergence of new graffiti celebrating the truce, the wearing of clothing that symbolized friendship among gangs, and the playing of music once identified with rival gangs. In chapter 5, Afary focuses on organizations like the LA4+ Committee and Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (or Mothers ROC), composed of mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, and their supporters. These women monitored the judicial system in order to "build a movement that would offer their sons a chance for exoneration or a more equitable sentence" (122). Members educated themselves about the legal process, attended court sessions, and mentored friends and relatives of the men on trial. Afary claims that, in their seemingly simple acts of watching trials and collaborating with lawyers, they established a counter-public space, creating "one of the most successful grassroots responses to the injustices of the court system...

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Other| March 01 1997 The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie: New Dealer, Presidential Adviser, and Development Economist Roger J. Sandilands. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1990. 441 pp. William McGreevey William McGreevey Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1997) 29 (1): 167–169. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-29-1-167 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation William McGreevey; The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie: New Dealer, Presidential Adviser, and Development Economist. History of Political Economy 1 March 1997; 29 (1): 167–169. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-29-1-167 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsHistory of Political Economy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1997 by Duke University Press1997 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

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Book Review| November 01 2011 Tocqueville's Political Economy Tocqueville's Political Economy. By Swedberg, Richard. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. ix; 342 pp. $35.00. Bradley W. Bateman Bradley W. Bateman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2011) 43 (4): 769–770. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-1430319 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Bradley W. Bateman; Tocqueville's Political Economy. History of Political Economy 1 November 2011; 43 (4): 769–770. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-1430319 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsHistory of Political Economy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2011 by Duke University Press2011 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

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Book Review| August 01 1995 Review: The Political Economy of the American West: The Political Economy Forum, by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill The Political Economy of the American West: The Political Economy ForumTerry L. AndersonPeter J. Hill Richard Lowitt Richard Lowitt Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1995) 64 (3): 448–449. https://doi.org/10.2307/3641021 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Lowitt; Review: The Political Economy of the American West: The Political Economy Forum, by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill. Pacific Historical Review 1 August 1995; 64 (3): 448–449. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3641021 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1995 The Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.