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The Roots of Radicalism
Craig Calhoun
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Description for The Roots of Radicalism
Paperback. Emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. This title reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well as the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of "respectable" politics connected to artisans. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 194 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era - religious, political, regional, national, antislavery, and protemperance - are presented as mere strands in a unified tapestry of labor and democratic mobilization. Taking aim at this flawed view of radicalism as simply the extreme end of a single dimension of progress, Craig Calhoun emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. "The Roots of Radicalism" reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture ... Read more
The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era - religious, political, regional, national, antislavery, and protemperance - are presented as mere strands in a unified tapestry of labor and democratic mobilization. Taking aim at this flawed view of radicalism as simply the extreme end of a single dimension of progress, Craig Calhoun emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. "The Roots of Radicalism" reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226090863
SKU
V9780226090863
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About Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun is president of the Social Science Research Council, the University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University, and founding director of its Institute for Public Knowledge. He is the author of several books, including Nations Matter: Culture, History, and the Cosmopolitan Dream and Neither Gods nor Emperors: Students and the Struggle for Democracy in China.
Reviews for The Roots of Radicalism
"The Roots of Radicalism brings to bear both rich historical cases and comparative reflections on one of the central theoretical debates in sociology and history. Through his deep and broad analysis of protest in the early nineteenth century, Calhoun develops an important and contrarian contribution to the debate over collective action that has heretofore been dominated by the imagery of ... Read more