Irish Phenomenology

Roisín Lally is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, USA. Drawing on the traditions of philosophy of technology, phenomenology, and new materialism, she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters at the intersection of philosophy of the environment, feminism, ethics, and leadership. Daniel O’Dea Bradley is Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University, USA. He regularly teaches courses on Human Nature, Ethics, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics. He researches and publishes at the intersection of the phenomenology of religion, environmental ethics, and indigenous philosophy.

Is there an Irish phenomenology? Does Irish life leave an inimitable mark on its thinking, whether metaphysical, social, or political? These intriguing questions and more than a few answers to them grace the pages of Irish Phenomenology, a wonderful collection of contributions by Ireland’s many renowned phenomenologists and thinkers.

• Part I: Phenomenologies of Place Meaning and Materiality on the Island of IrelandChapter 1. ‘The Island of Ireland’: Towards an Irish Nissology Anne O’ByrneChapter 2. Language, Desire and Ruination: On the Irish Speaking an Other TongueFelix Ó Murchadha Chapter 3. The Phenomenology of the Ogham Róisín Lally Chapter 4. Celtic Theopoetics and the phenomenology of NatureRichard KearneyPart II: From Phenomenology to Metaphysics? Irish Philosophy at the Border between the Sensible and IneffableChapter 5. The Secret Folds of Nature: Eriugena’s Expansive Concept of NatureDermot Moran Chapter 6. Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Phenomenology and Christian MetaphysicsCyril McDonnell Chapter 7. In the Midst of Things: On Phenomenology and Metaxological PhilosophyWilliam Desmond Chapter 8. The Community of the UnconcealedWilliam McNeillPart III: Society and Politics: Irish Philosophies of Belonging and HospitalityChapter 9. Innovation and Creativity in Phenomenology: Paul Ricœur’s Legacy to Irish PhenomenologyEileen BrennanChapter 10. Historicity in PhenomenologyTony O’Connor Chapter 11. Bringing the Unsayable into the World: The Continued Relevance of Heidegger’s Reflections on Art, Truth, and PoetryNiall Keane Chapter 12. Heidegger’s Anti-Semitism and the ‘Rural,’ ‘Provincial,’ and ‘National’ in Joyce, Kavanagh, and HeaneyMahon O’Brien Chapter 13. ‘Autistic Society Disorder’: A Phenomenology of Autism in Ireland and the U.K.Sinéad Murphy Chapter 14. A Phenomenology of HomeMark DooleyIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Authors