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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... regime , was unable to cope with the stresses upon it . The Revolution got out of control , as more and more radical leaders came to the fore , and a Reign of Terror ensued which might have been forestalled or averted had adequate ...
... regime , was unable to cope with the stresses upon it . The Revolution got out of control , as more and more radical leaders came to the fore , and a Reign of Terror ensued which might have been forestalled or averted had adequate ...
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... régime lay in its economic inefficiency – the old feudal order had used up all its capacity to produce and was due ... regime . The political changes that followed were largely irrelevant since at each stage they had a common aim ...
... régime lay in its economic inefficiency – the old feudal order had used up all its capacity to produce and was due ... regime . The political changes that followed were largely irrelevant since at each stage they had a common aim ...
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... regime and come to accept a forcible transfer of power to other hands . Action refers to the event itself , when the government falls as the result of the use of force or the convincing threat of the use of force and a new regime takes ...
... regime and come to accept a forcible transfer of power to other hands . Action refers to the event itself , when the government falls as the result of the use of force or the convincing threat of the use of force and a new regime takes ...
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