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Del 140 - Harvard Historical Studies
Making Democracy in the French Revolution
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
800 kr
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This book reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. Scholars currently argue that the French Revolution did not significantly contribute to the development of modern political values. They no longer hold that the study of the Revolution offers any particular insight into the dynamics of historical change. James Livesey contends that contemporary historical study is devalued through this misinterpretation of the French Revolution and offers an alternative approach and a new thesis.Livesey argues that the European model of democracy was created in the Revolution, a model with very specific commitments that differentiate it from Anglo-American liberal democracy. The fundamental argument in the book is that these democratic values were created by identifiable actors seeking to answer political, economic, and social problems. The book traces the development of this democratic idea within the structures of the French Republic and the manner in which the democratic aspiration moved beyond formal politics to become embedded in institutions of economic and cultural life. This innovative work rewrites the history of French politics between 1795 and 1799.
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Transitions in Global History
Social and Political Transformation in the Climate Crisis
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 448 kr
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What is a Global Transition? Defining this term- transition- is a major intellectual, scientific and political problem, and one that we must engage with if we are to respond to future climate crises and the transformation they will bring. In this book, Livesey delves into past transitions, the Neolithic, Industrial and Democratic Revolutions, to bring clarity to the idea of transition, and to frame the concept as a historical phenomenon, and a historical problem.Using methods from intellectual history and responding to work by critical theorists such as Spivak, Ghosh, Chakrabarty and Latour, Transitions in Global History views the current climate and biodiversity crises through the lens of past transitions. Exploring the relationship between exogenous shock, social innovation, creativity and structural change, it seeks to identify a platform from which we can achieve a deeper understanding of the politics of climate change. Addressing the disorder of the current international system it explains why the political centre finds it so difficult to respond, and demonstrates why a Just Transition may be our only viable option for the future.