Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin - Archive

Soundtrack to Radical Times: Patrice Lumumba and the United States of Africa By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, November 28, 2024
The Decline of Summer Festivals: How the Nuclear Family, Globalisation of Food Production, and International Trade and Travel Has Changed Our Relationship with Nature By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, September 03, 2024
Becoming the Backdrop: Hollywood and the Perils of Colonial Attention By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, July 12, 2024
Prophet Song: The Secular Apocalypse By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, May 02, 2024
Spring Traditions and Celebrations: The Past, The Present and the Future of Farming. Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 01, 2024
History of Art, The Power Ballads: Don’t Catch You Slippin’ Up! By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, February 23, 2024
A Poem for Christmas: Christmas Revels (1838) By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 25, 2023
Sacred Tree or Paradise Tree? The Christmas Tree and Nature By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 22, 2023
The Dublin Riots: The Aftermath By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, November 29, 2023
Art and Struggle: Olive Trees as a Symbol of Palestinian Culture, Resistance and Peace By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, November 22, 2023
The Afterlife: A Trick or a Treat? Halloween Celebrations Past and Present By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, October 30, 2023
Captain Rock: The Symbol of a Risen People. Paintings and the History of Irish Resistance By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, October 10, 2023
Hollywood 1940s Pro-Soviet Movies: “Social Realism Cinema in America” By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, September 30, 2023
Warriors and Domestics: Plotting a New Course in Cinema By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, September 20, 2023
The Counter-Enlightenment: The Origin of Conservative Politics? By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, July 11, 2023
Life Lessons on the ‘Res’: War Pony (2022) By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, June 23, 2023
The Art of Deception: Learning to Speak One-Percent By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 23, 2023
Remembering the Irish Easter Uprising of 1916 against the British Empire? The Art of Obfuscation By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 07, 2023
Changing Society: Nature, Life, and Resistance in Culture Today By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, March 24, 2023
Every St. Patrick’s Day, Everywhere, All at Once: A Disaster for Ireland By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, March 17, 2023
Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealth By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, March 09, 2023
Samira’s Dream (Ndoto Ya Samira) (2022): Living and Learning Against the Odds By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 27, 2023
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022): A Parable of Irrationalism By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 17, 2023
Aisha (2022): Despair and Desperation in Ireland’s Detention Centres By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 11, 2023
“Michael Inside”. The Prison System in Ireland By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 11, 2023
Christmas Visions: Children and the Importance of Redemption By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 25, 2022
The Fascinating History of Folklore By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 05, 2022
Romantic Heroes: Ameliorating the Dark Side of Capitalism By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, October 28, 2022
The Radical Enlightenment: The Role of Science in the Battle Between Christianity and Pantheism By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, September 26, 2022
Woodstock ’99: Feeling the Heat By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, August 25, 2022
Against Romanticism: From Enlightenment to Enfrightenment and the Culture of Slavery: Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, July 19, 2022
The 1984 Bellyfeel of Paradise: Inside the Media Dome By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 16, 2022
Not so Black and White: Belfast in the 1960s By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 04, 2022
The Re-Humanisation of Culture: Dickens and the Social Realist Cinema of the 1930s and 1940s By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, February 07, 2022
Christmas, Nature, and the “Art of Slaughter” By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 26, 2021
Violence and the State: Examining Two Recent Irish Films – Arracht (2019) and Herself (2020) By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 21, 2021
No Time To Think, “No Time to Die”: The Changing Geopolitics of International Blockbusters? By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, November 28, 2021
Awakening: Martin Luther King and the Poor People’s Campaign By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, October 08, 2021
The Great Fear: The Accelerating Apocalypse By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, August 21, 2021
Going to Hell and Back: Fighting Our Worst Nightmare By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, July 22, 2021
The Power of Romanticism Today: 21st Century Irrationalism By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, May 17, 2021
“Salt of the Earth”: A Successful Combination of Inspiration and Perspiration By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, May 04, 2021
Your Honor: Justice in a Time of Collapse By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 27, 2021
AK-47. Kalashnikov: The Amateur Inventor Who Shot to Global Fame By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 19, 2021
Shrinking Ireland: Global Warning in Local Communities By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, February 08, 2021
“Western Civilization”: The Culture of Slavery vs. the Culture of Resistance By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 29, 2021
Diversity in Dance Today: Enlightenment and Romanticist Perspectives By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 01, 2020
Romanticism and the Modern World: Re-Examining Emotion and Justice in Enlightenment Ideals By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, July 29, 2020
Redrawing the Cultural Cityscape: The Destiny of Colonial Monuments in Ireland By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, June 18, 2020
Snowpiercer (2013): The Fate of Capitalism as a Globalist Runaway Train. By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, June 11, 2020
Corrupt Elites: “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, May 25, 2020
Changing Depictions of America in Cinema: Signs of ‘Self-Awareness’, ‘Resistance’ or a ‘Multipolar World’? By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, May 24, 2020
Neoliberalism, Climate Change and the Future of Architecture By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, April 08, 2020
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Tarantino and American Exceptionalism By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 16, 2020
Sacred Trees, Christmas Trees and New Year Trees: A Vision for the Future By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 01, 2020
Popular Theatre as Cultural Resistance: Engaging Audiences Worldwide By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 11, 2019
Poetry and Political Struggle: The Dialectics of Rhyme By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, November 13, 2019
Game of Thrones: Olde-Style Catharsis or Bloody Good Counsel? By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, October 22, 2019
Culture and the Arts: Opera in Crisis, Can It be Made Relevant Again? By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, October 14, 2019
Romanticism and Literature: Serving Human Liberty? By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, August 01, 2019