Jack R. Censer

Debating Modern Revolution

The Evolution of Revolutionary Ideas

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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 th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4725-8964-4
EAN: 9781472589644
Produktnummer: 19553784
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'751 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Jack R. Censer is Professor of History at George Mason University, USA. He is the author of The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment (2004) and The French Revolution and Intellectual History (1989). He is also the co-author, along with Lynn Hunt, of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution (2001).