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Rethinking revolutionary change in Europe : a neostructuralist approach / Bailey Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Bailey, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Revolutions--Europe--Case studies.
- Revolutions.
- Revolutions--Philosophy.
- Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- France.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Soviet Union.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- Summary:
- "Reconsidering the English, French, and Russian revolutions, this book offers an important approach to the theoretical and comparative study of revolutions. Stone proposes an innovative 'neostructuralist' synthesis of competing structuralist and postmodernist theory that marks a critical advance in our understanding of revolution"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Structuralism, postmodernism, and neostructuralism?
- Modernizers versus traditionalists in the European revolutions
- In search of the elusive ancien régime bourgeoisie
- To kill a monarch : from proceduralism to revolutionary raison d'état
- Circumstances versus ideas in the revolutionary "furies"
- Crises of revolutionary legitimacy : Thermidorian outcomes
- Conclusion: Neostructuralism and the postrevolutionary state as historical problem.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stone, Bailey, 1946- Rethinking revolutionary change in Europe.
- ISBN:
- 9781538131374
- 1538131374
- OCLC:
- 1112422343
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