Editor’s note: This article resonated with me because it fits well with the material on differences in family structure within Western Europe described in Chapter 4 of my Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition. As described there, Ireland is outside the famous Hajnal line marking off the individualist family patterns of northwest Europe from family […]
Modern Western culture has little in common with the pre-1960s West. The values which pertained in Western Europe up to the 1960s were based around the traditional family, with homosexuality and abortion being taboo and/ or illegal. This contrasts with the relatively recent obsession with the promotion of homosexuality, abortion, and transgenderism. Additionally, when the […]
Features of Irish Collectivism and Hierarchy Ethnic groups organise their societies in particular ways according to their group psychological differences. These differences have been outlined by Harry Triandis, who has theorised that societies tend to be Vertical Individualist, Vertical Collectivist, Horizontal Individualist, or Horizontal Collectivist. Certain characteristics tend to correlate such as hierarchical with collectivist. […]
The Irish general election took place on November 29th, yet government formation talks have only recently concluded whereby the new government will be a Fianna Fail-Fine Gael coalition supported by some independents. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are so close to a majority that they can rely on like-minded independents and will not be reliant […]
