This dissertation argues for a critical reconstruction of the concept of universal history. In doing so, it draws on theoretical resources offered by a materialist philosophy of history, as it is expressed in both German critical theory (of the 19th and 20th centuries) and Afro-…
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This thesis explores the role of intellectuals during the early Medieval (c. 500-1169) and pre-Famine (c. 1750-1845) periods in Ireland. In examining these historical cases, I show that despite the vast differences in the social structure of these societies, the intellectual seg…