Revolutionary Moments

Rachel Hammersley is Senior Lecturer in Intellectual History, Newcastle University, UK.

The textual formula is a triumph. These essays give crisp and fresh insight into key revolutionary thinkers spanning four centuries.

• Series Editors' ForewordContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction by Rachel Hammersley, Newcastle University, UK1. From Native Rights to Natural Equality: The Agreement of the People (1647) by Rachel Foxley, University of Reading, UK2. James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana and a Revolution in the Langauge of Politics by Rachel Hammersley, Newcastle University, UK3. Revolution Principles by Mark Knights, University of Warwick, UK4. A Revolution Ménagée: Mably's Des droits et des devoirs du citoyen by Kent Wright, University of Arizona, USA5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract (1762) by Richard Whatmore, Sussex University, UK6. Exclusion at the Founding: The Declaration of Independence by Robert Parkinson, Shepherd University, USA7. Securing Liberty: The Federalist Papers by Tom Rodgers, Newcastle University, UK8. Revolution, Reform and the Political Thought of Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyex by Michael Sonenscher, King's College, London, UK9. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, August 1789 by Lynn Hunt, UCLA, USA10. Paine's Rights of Man and the Religiosity of Rights Doctrines by Greg Claeys, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK11. Virtue and Terror: Maximilian Robespierre on the Principles of the French Revolution - Marisa Linton, Kingston University, UK12. The Haitian Declaration of Independence by Julia Gaffield, Georgia State University, USA13. The Communist Manifesto by Julian Wright, University of Durham, UK14. From National Backwardness to Revolutionary Leadership: Alexander Herzen's book On the Development of Revolutionary Ideas in Russia by Derek Offord, University of Bristol, UK15. George Plekhanov, Socialism and Political Struggle (1883) by Christopher Read, University of Warwick, UK16. Ordinary Miracles: Lenin's Call for Revolutionary Ambition by Lars T. Lih, McGill University, USA 17. Peter Kropotkin, Modern Science and Anarchism (1908) by George Crowder, Flinders University, USA18. Liu Shaoqi, How to be a Good Communist (1939) by Jonathan Howlett, University of York, UK19. Between Socialist Futures: Mao Zedong on the "Ten Major Relationships" by Daniel Leese, Freiburg, Germany20. Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth: Embodying the anti-colonial action by Xavier Guegan, Newcastle University, UK21. Thinking in Threes: Deng Xiaoping's speech at the U.N. General Assembly, 1974 by Jen Altehenger, King’s College, University of London, UKConclusion by Rachel Hammersley, Newcastle University, UKIndex