Revolution, rebellion, resistance : the power of story / Eric Selbin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selbin, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--History.

Revolutions.

Revolutions--Social aspects.

Revolutions--Economic aspects.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In this ground-breaking book, Eric Selbin argues that we need to look beyond the economic, political, and social structural conditions to the thoughts and feelings of the people who make revolutions. In particular, he argues, we need to understand the stories people relay and rework of past injustices as they struggle in the present toward a better future.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; 1 A prolegomenon, an apologia, and an overture; 2 The case for stories: stories and social change; 3 Myth, memory, mimesis; 4 'The uprising of the anecdotes': four stories of revolution; 5 The story of civilizing and democratizing revolutions; 6 The story of social revolution; 7 The freedom and liberation story of revolution; 8 Revolutions of the lost and forgotten: stories we don't know and won't tell; 9 Stories of resistance, rebellion, and revolution unfold; Notes; References; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612473081

9781350222366

1350222364

9781282473089

1282473085

9781848135369

184813536X

OCLC:

814516283