Revolution

Kimmel Michael

ISBN 10: 0877227365 / ISBN 13: 9780877227366

Published by Temple University Press, 1990

About this Item

pp. 261.

Seller Inventory # 181788172

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Revolution
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877227365
• ISBN 13: 9780877227366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The concept and reality of revolution has gripped the imagination of many writers over the centuries. This is a comprehensive historical examination of these key ideas and theories. Kimmel looks at the writings of Marx, Weber, Tocqueville, Freud, and Durkheim, asking how their theories were affected by the reality of living through the revolutions of 1848 and 1917. Kimmel then examines the interpretations of revolution offered by social scientists in the post World War II period, including Theda Skocpol, Barrington Moore and Charles Tilly, among others. The work is brought fully up-to-date with current analyses of the Nicaraguan, Iranian and Angolan revolutions.

About the Author

Michael S. Kimmel teaches Sociology at State University of New York at Stony Brook.