Debating Modern Revolution
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Debating Modern Revolution

The Evolution of Revolutionary Ideas

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Debating Modern Revolution

The Evolution of Revolutionary Ideas

About this book

Revolution is an idea that has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in its modern form in the 18th century. From the American and French revolutionaries who upset a monarchical order that had dominated for over a millennium up to the Arab Spring, this notion continues but has also developed its meanings. Equated with democracy and legal equality at first and surprisingly redefined into its modern meaning, revolution has become a means to create nations, change the social order, and throw out colonial occupiers, and has been labelled as both conservative and reactionary. In this concise introduction to the topic, Jack R. Censer charts the development of these competing ideas and definitions in four chronological sections. Each section includes a debate from protagonists who represent various forms of revolution and counterrevolution, allowing students a firmer grasp on the particular ideas and individuals of each era. This book offers a new approach to the topic of revolution for all students of world history.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781472589637
eBook ISBN
9781472589651
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Modern History
Index
History
1
The 
Emergence 
of 
Modern 
Theories 
of 
“Rights” 
and 
the 
First 
Modern 
Revolution
Before 
the 
revolutions
A
lthough 
revolutions 
had 
occurred 
before 
the 
eighteenth 
century, 
well 
back 
in 
history, 
and 
as 
recently 
as 
seventeenth-century 
England, 
eighteenth-century 
people 
in 
practice 
did 
not 
consider 
the 
possibility 
of 
this 
recourse. 
So 
foreign 
to 
their 
minds 
was 
the 
term 
“revolution” 
that 
the 
word 
in 
French 
denoted 
only 
movements 
like 
the 
planets 
around 
the 
sun 
or 
more 
relevantly 
a 
new 
minister 
or 
king 
replacing 
a 
predecessor. 
While 
the 
English 
continued 
to 
celebrate 
their 
“Glorious 
Revolution” 
of 
1688, 
many 
scholars 
have 
come 
to 
view 
it 
as 
glorious 
because 
it 
was 
no 
revolution 
at 
all, 
but 
a 
restoration 
to 
the 
status 
quo 
ante. 
The 
eighteenth-century 
English 
tended 
to 
ignore 
the 
genuine 
revolution, 
as 
defined 
here 
and 
carried 
out 
by 
Cromwell 
in 
the 
1650s. 
Thus, 
on 
top 
of 
a 
pointed 
forgetfulness, 
there 
was 
a 
serious 
gap 
between 
1688 
and 
the 
American 
Revolution, 
a 
separation 
in 
time 
and 
intensity 
that 
justifies 
starting 
this 
book 
in 
the 
eighteenth 
century.
Although 
most 
of 
the 
eighteenth 
century 
witnessed 
neither 
revolution 
nor 
revolutionary 
movements, 
considerable 
political 
turbulence 
existed. 
In 
fact, 
two 
outstanding 
interpretations 
of 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 The Emergence of Modern Theories of “Rights” and the First Modern Revolution
  7. 2 Latin America and Europe and the New National and Economic Meanings of Revolution, 1800–1871
  8. 3 Communism and the Modern Social Meaning of Revolutions Led by Centralized Parties, 1880–1949
  9. 4 The Global World of Revolution: Colonialism, Decolonization, and Anti-Western Views
  10. Conclusion: Further Reflections
  11. Notes
  12. Index