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"...or else, they lie around" Time, space and the everyday in post-independence Dublin

Ördén Johansson, Hedvig LU (2014) STVM20 20132
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The overall aim of the essay is to understand the time and space of the everyday through a critical hermeneutical approach. Specifically, the analysis focuses on post-independence Dublin. Three theoretical conceptualisations of the everyday are discussed. Using the works of Martin Heidegger and Henri Lefebvre, an ideal everyday is conceptualised in terms of “dwelling;” the human appropriation of time and space. The concept of “dwelling denied” describes the disrupted everyday life of the modern Westphalian state. Then, a critical epistemological approach to the everyday as an existence in “non-synchronous” time and space is outline using Homi Bhabha’s “the unhomely.” The empirical analysis has two focal points: the Magdalen Asylums and... (More)
The overall aim of the essay is to understand the time and space of the everyday through a critical hermeneutical approach. Specifically, the analysis focuses on post-independence Dublin. Three theoretical conceptualisations of the everyday are discussed. Using the works of Martin Heidegger and Henri Lefebvre, an ideal everyday is conceptualised in terms of “dwelling;” the human appropriation of time and space. The concept of “dwelling denied” describes the disrupted everyday life of the modern Westphalian state. Then, a critical epistemological approach to the everyday as an existence in “non-synchronous” time and space is outline using Homi Bhabha’s “the unhomely.” The empirical analysis has two focal points: the Magdalen Asylums and Irish emergency legislation. The investigation of the infamous Magdalen Asylums describes the everyday urban temporality as time bifurcated: While time is “quarantined” and made into an eternity for the institutionalised women progression is made a feature of the new capital. In terms of spatiality, a reading of the Offences against the State Act 1939 in relation to urban politics and policing outlines how Dublin inner-city becomes moulded on the troublesome Northern Ireland and made into a space of “urban terror.” (Less)
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author
Ördén Johansson, Hedvig LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM20 20132
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
heidegger, lefebvre, space, time, irish politics, dublin, the everyday, dwelling, bhabha, urban politics
language
English
id
4226898
date added to LUP
2014-01-30 13:03:43
date last changed
2014-01-30 13:03:43
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"...or else, they lie around" Time, space and the everyday in post-independence Dublin}},
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