Rethinking Revolutionary Change in Europe

A Neostructuralist Approach

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Bailey Stone

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Reconsidering the English, French, and Russian Revolutions, this book offers an important new approach to the theoretical and comparative study of revolutions. Bailey Stone proposes an innovative “neostructuralist” integration of competing structuralist and postmodernist theory. Providing a balanced and nuanced critique of both sides, he presents new ways of understanding radical change in the European polities that created the concept—and the dramatic realities—of modern revolution. He focuses on the central issues of modernizers versus traditionalists, old regime bourgeoisies, regicides, terror, and state legitimacy. By reconciling political and cultural theories of revolutionary causation and process, Stone’s synthesis marks a critical advance in our understanding of revolution.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-17
Mått160 x 237 x 23 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538131374

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Bailey Stone is professor emeritus of European history and international affairs at the University of Houston. His books include The Genesis of the French Revolution, Reinterpreting the French Revolution, and The Anatomy of Revolution Revisited: A Comparative Analysis of England, France, and Russia. He is currently a faculty research associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the Five Colleges International Relations Faculty Seminar.

Acknowledgments Introduction: Structuralism, Postmodernism, and—Neostructuralism? 1 Modernizers versus Traditionalists in the European Revolutions 2 In Search of the Elusive Ancien Régime Bourgeoisie 3 To Kill a Monarch: From Proceduralism to Revolutionary Raison d’État 4 Circumstances versus Ideas in the Revolutionary “Furies” 5 Crises of Revolutionary Legitimacy: Thermidorian Outcomes Conclusion: Neostructuralism and the Postrevolutionary State as Historical Problem Suggestions for Further Reading Notes Index

What a terrific book! While rigidly ‘structuralist’ and ‘postmodernist’ scholars of revolutions have vehemently attacked each other, leading to narrow and sometimes illogical views, Stone is able to keep a balanced perspective of both sides. Keeping close to the details of what actually occurred in key cases, Stone offers nuanced criticism of both views and produces a creative synthesis. This is the most important book in the theoretical and comparative study of European revolutions that I have seen in years.