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The Minority Voice - Hubert Butler and Southern Irish Protestantism, 1900-1991 (Hardcover)
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The Minority Voice - Hubert Butler and Southern Irish Protestantism, 1900-1991 (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
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'How do such people, with brilliant members and dull ones, fare
when they pass from being a dominant minority to being a powerless
one?' So asked the Kilkenny man-of-letters Hubert Butler
(1900-1991) when considering the fate of Southern Protestants after
Irish Independence. As both a product and critic of this culture,
Butler posed the question repeatedly, refusing to accept as
inevitable the marginalization of his community within the newly
established state. Inspired by the example of the Revivalist
generation, he challenged his compatriots to approach modern Irish
identity in terms complementary rather than exclusivist. In the
process of doing so, he produced a corpus of literary essays
European in stature, informed by extensive travel, deep reading,
and an active engagement with the political and social upheavals of
his age. His insistence on the necessity of Protestant
participation in Irish life, coupled with his challenges to
received Catholic opinion, made him a contentious figure on both
sides of the sectarian divide. This study addresses not only
Butler's remarkable personal career, but also some of the larger
themes to which he consistently drew attention: the need to balance
Irish cosmopolitanism with local relationships; to address the
compromises of the Second World War and the hypocrisies of the Cold
War; to promote a society in which constructive dissent might not
just be tolerated but valued. As a result, by the end of his life,
Butler came to be recognised as a forerunner of the more tolerant
and expansive Ireland of today.
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