Social Transformations and Revolutions: Reflections and Analyses (Annual of European and Global Studies) - Hardcover

Johann P. Arnason; Marek Hrubec

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474415342 ISBN 13: 9781474415347

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this volume reflects on revolutions and transformations around the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the political transformations after 9/11, the important changes following the global economic crisis, and the revolutionary transformations of India and China. The authors stress that the United States' military actions after the 9/11 terrorist attacks have had a major transformative impact on the global arena. More recently, the economic crisis that began in 2007/8 caused a series of breakdowns and provoked demands for social and political transformation, so far unfulfilled. The repercussions of the Arab Spring and transformations linked to the rise of BRICS are altering the patterns of international and global relations. All these processes have unfolded within the framework of global capitalism, whose reproduction on an expanding scale involved multiple economic, political ecological and civilizational transformations.

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Johann P. Arnason is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and visiting professor at the Faculty of Human Studies, Charles University, Prague. Marek Hrubec is Director of the Centre of Global Studies in the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. He also teaches at Charles University in Prague.

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Annual of European and Global StudiesEditors: Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski, Johann P. Arnason and Peter WagnerAn annual collection of the best research on European and global themes, the Annual of European and Global Studies publishes issues with a specific focus, each addressing critical developments and controversies in the field.Problems of social revolutions and transformations belong to the classical agenda of social inquiry, as well as to the most prominent real and potential challenges encountered by contemporary societies. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Soviet collapse prompts a timely reflection on the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the political transformations after 9/11, the important changes following the global economic crisis, and the revolutionary transformations of India and China.This volume illustrates the extent to which military actions of the United States in the wake of 9/11 have had a major transformative impact on the global arena. It examines how the economic crisis that began in 2007/8 caused a series of breakdowns and provoked demands for social and political transformation, so far unfulfilled. The volume also surveys how the repercussions of the Arab Spring and transformations linked to the rise of BRICS are altering the patterns of international and global relations. All these processes have unfolded within the framework of global capitalism, whose reproduction on an expanding scale involved multiple economic, political, ecological and civilizational transformations.The book highlights social revolutions and transformations from the viewpoints of philosophy, sociology, history and political science, with reference to interdisciplinary and transdiciplinary perspectives.Johann P. Arnason is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Human Studies, Charles University, Prague.Marek Hrubec is Director of the Centre of Global Studies in the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. He also teaches at Charles University, Prague.Cover image: © Marek HrubecCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-1534-7Barcode

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474415342
• ISBN 13: 9781474415347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Johann P Arnason, Marek Hrubec