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This book brings together leading Irish phenomenologists to explore how Ireland's geography, history, and cultural traditions shape phenomenological inquiry.
Taking a phenomenological approach, this book weaves together investigations into Ireland's island geography, traditions of poetry and hospitality, colonial traumas, and even contemporary issues such as autism. It also situates Irish thought within a broader philosophical heritage from John Scotus Eriugena to contemporary debates on phenomenology and metaphysics. It traces a material history of literary inscription from the ancient Ogham script to the digital age. These contributions offer deep insights into both Ireland itself and the distinctive ways phenomenology has developed through its cultural and historical landscape.

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Table of Contents

Part I: Phenomenologies of Place Meaning and Materiality on the Island of Ireland
Chapter 1. 'The Island of Ireland': Towards an Irish Nissology
Anne O'Byrne
Chapter 2. Language, Desire and Ruination: On the Irish Speaking an Other Tongue
Felix Ó Murchadha
Chapter 3. The Phenomenology of the Ogham
Róisín Lally
Chapter 4. Celtic Theopoetics and the phenomenology of Nature
Richard Kearney
Part II: From Phenomenology to Metaphysics? Irish Philosophy at the Border between the Sensible and Ineffable
Chapter 5. The Secret Folds of Nature: Eriugena's Expansive Concept of Nature
Dermot Moran
Chapter 6. Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Phenomenology and Christian Metaphysics
Cyril McDonnell
Chapter 7. In the Midst of Things: On Phenomenology and Metaxological Philosophy
William Desmond
Chapter 8. The Community of the Unconcealed
William McNeill
Part III: Society and Politics: Irish Philosophies of Belonging and Hospitality
Chapter 9. Innovation and Creativity in Phenomenology: Paul Ricœur's Legacy to Irish Phenomenology
Eileen Brennan
Chapter 10. Historicity in Phenomenology
Tony O'Connor
Chapter 11. Bringing the Unsayable into the World: The Continued Relevance of Heidegger's Reflections on Art, Truth, and Poetry
Niall Keane
Chapter 12. Contra Heidegger: the 'Local,' 'National,' and 'International' in Joyce, Kavanagh, and Heaney
Mahon O'Brien
Chapter 13. 'Autistic Society Disorder': A Phenomenology of Autism in Ireland and the U.K.
Sinéad Murphy
Chapter 14. A Phenomenology of Home
Mark Dooley
Index
About the Editors
About the Authors

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Oct 16 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 288
ISBN 9798765143773
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series New Heidegger Research
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Anthology Editor

Róisín Lally

Róisín Lally is Assistant Professor of Philosophy…

Anthology Editor

Daniel O’Dea Bradley

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