Revolution and Counter-revolutionOpen University Press, 1990 - 90 síður Revolution remains a key concept in the social sciences. After the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, a debate still rages over its causes and meaning. At the same time as, in Eastern Europe, much of what the Russian Revolution was believed to have stood for is being rejected, the Chinese leadership has reaffirmed its right to maintain revolutionary political orthodoxy by force. In this book Professor Calvert aims to show how revolution must by its nature be disputed. When people observe revolutions, their interpretations of what they are seeing are conditioned by changing intellectual fashion and by wishful thinking and so too are the theories derived from them. This book re-examines the place of revolution in modern social theory and at the same time reasserts the need for systematic study in the social sciences. |
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... concepts that they find more meaningful or more pliable . The choice of such concepts is , of course , a perfectly valid exercise , and the relationships between them and the concept of revolution will naturally be determined by the ...
... concepts that they find more meaningful or more pliable . The choice of such concepts is , of course , a perfectly valid exercise , and the relationships between them and the concept of revolution will naturally be determined by the ...
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... concepts and are , therefore , indeter- minate . Where scientists seek agreement , therefore , politicians seek to conceal disagreement . The concept of ' revolution ' , most would agree , is itself an excellent example , since it will ...
... concepts and are , therefore , indeter- minate . Where scientists seek agreement , therefore , politicians seek to conceal disagreement . The concept of ' revolution ' , most would agree , is itself an excellent example , since it will ...
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... concept . Perhaps more importantly , the very nature of the concept means that it cannot , as Marx hoped , be applied to each and every society ; empirically - based concepts of class have indeed been developed , but they prove to have ...
... concept . Perhaps more importantly , the very nature of the concept means that it cannot , as Marx hoped , be applied to each and every society ; empirically - based concepts of class have indeed been developed , but they prove to have ...
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