History and Revolution: Refuting Revisionism - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 184467150X ISBN 13: 9781844671502

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2007

Riassunto

In History and Revolution,a group of respected historians confronts the conservative, revisionisttrends in historical enquiry that have been dominant in the last twentyyears. Ranging from an exploration of the English, French, and Russianrevolutions and their treatment by revisionist historiography, to thedebates and themes arising from attempts to downplay revolution’s rolein history, History and Revolution also engages with several prominent revisionist historians, including Orlando Figes, Conrad Russell and Simon Schama.

This important book shows the inability of revisionism to explain why millions are moved to act in defence of political causes, and why specific political currents emerge, and is a significant reassertion of the concept of revolution in human development.

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L'autore:

Mike Haynes teaches history at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He is the author of Nikolai Bukharin and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism; Russia: Class and Power 1917–2000; and (with Rumy Hasan) A Century of State Murder?

Jim Wolfreys is lecturer in French political history at King’s College London, UK. He is co-author (with Peter Fysh) of The Politics of Racism in France.

Daniel Bensaïd (1946–2010) taught philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, and was the author of books on Marxism, Walter Benjamin, the French Revolution and Joan of Arc. The Marxists’ Internet Archive has a list of obituaries.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184467150X
• ISBN 13: 9781844671502
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 266
• Redattore: Haynes Mike, Wolfreys Jim