Debating Modern Revolution: The Evolution of Revolutionary Ideas

by Jack R. Censer

Book Overview

Revolution is an idea that has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in its modern form in the 18th century. From the American and French revolutionaries who upset a monarchical order that had dominated for over a millennium up to the Arab Spring, this notion continues but has also developed its meanings. Equated with democracy and legal equality at first and surprisingly redefined into its modern meaning,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472589637
• ISBN13: 9781472589637
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"