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Nation-building, language and education: The geography of teacher recruitment in Ireland, 1925–55
Ist Teil von
Political geography, 1992-03, Vol.11 (2), p.170-189
Ort / Verlag
Oxford: Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
1992
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The achievement of Irish independence in 1921 raised the question of the definition of a national cultural identity. Although this identity had been debated in a pre-independence context and an effective counter-hegemony to the dominant cultural values of the British state had been established, once independence was achieved it was necessary to put into practice many of the cultural ideals expressed earlier. This paper examines how the Irish language emerged as one of the foundations of Irish identity and how the education system became the cornerstone of the state's language policy. Using the concepts of hegemony and ‘organic’ intellectual as developed by Gramsci, I argue that there was a clear geographical bias in the implementation of a scheme of language revival through the primary schools. This bias favoured the Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) regions of the country. The teachers recruited from these areas formed a stratum of ‘organic’ intellectuals and acted as mediators between the state and the society that constituted it. In this context, nation-building is treated as a dynamic process where views of national identity are contested and debated before particular state policies are adopted.