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Rethinking the French Revolution
George C. Comninel
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Description for Rethinking the French Revolution
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HBJD; HBLL; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Historians generally-and Marxists in particular-have presented the revolution of 1789 as a bourgeois revolution: one which marked the ascendance of the bourgeois as a class, the defeat of a feudal aristocracy, and the triumph of capitalism. Recent revisionist accounts, however, have raised convincing arguments against the idea of the bourgeois class revolution, and the model on which it is based.
In this provocative study, George Comninel surveys existing interpretations of the French Revolution and the methodological issues these raise for historians. He argues that the weaknesses of Marxist scholarship originate in Marx's own method, which has led historians to fall ... Read more
Historians generally-and Marxists in particular-have presented the revolution of 1789 as a bourgeois revolution: one which marked the ascendance of the bourgeois as a class, the defeat of a feudal aristocracy, and the triumph of capitalism. Recent revisionist accounts, however, have raised convincing arguments against the idea of the bourgeois class revolution, and the model on which it is based.
In this provocative study, George Comninel surveys existing interpretations of the French Revolution and the methodological issues these raise for historians. He argues that the weaknesses of Marxist scholarship originate in Marx's own method, which has led historians to fall ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860918905
SKU
V9780860918905
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About George C. Comninel
George Comninel is Associate Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto.
Reviews for Rethinking the French Revolution
Scholarly and enjoyable ... If you have any kind of mind, you will get sustained and exacting pleasure from the book.
Gwyn Williams
New Statesman
Very refreshing ... Comninel's book does offer new angles of vision to the student of the Revolution.
Times Literary Supplement
Excellent ... Comninel's explanation of Marx's historical materialism is bold ... Read more
Gwyn Williams
New Statesman
Very refreshing ... Comninel's book does offer new angles of vision to the student of the Revolution.
Times Literary Supplement
Excellent ... Comninel's explanation of Marx's historical materialism is bold ... Read more