Revolutionary Subjects

Author : Miriam L. Wallace
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780838757055

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Revolutionary Subjects in the English "Jacobin" Novel, 1790-1805 by Miriam L. Wallace Pdf

The "Jacobin" novel was labeled as such in Britain because of its supposed connections to the French Revolution. This book takes an in-depth look at these novels, written between 1790 and 1805. She centers on the group surrounding Wollstonecraft and Godwin, although not exclusively, exploring the limits of their philosophy of human rights and personal subjectivity. Unlike other recent scholars, the author treats both male and female writers, making feminism an aspect of the work but not the overriding one. While the novels are the main focus, other work by the writers is considered as it pertains to their beliefs. She also discusses the reaction from those who defined the "Jacobins" by opposing them.

Author : Wiktor Marzec
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822987482

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Rising Subjects by Wiktor Marzec Pdf

Rising Subjects explores the change of the public sphere in Russian Poland during the 1905 Revolution. The 1905 Revolution was one of the few bottom-up political transformations and general democratizations in Polish history. It was a popular rebellion fostering political participation of the working class. The infringement of previously carefully guarded limits of the public sphere triggered a powerful conservative reaction among the commercial and landed elites, and frightened the intelligentsia. Polish nationalists promised to eliminate the revolutionary “anarchy” and gave meaning to the sense of disappointment after the revolution. This study considers the 1905 Revolution as a tipping point for the ongoing developments of the public sphere. It addresses the question of Polish socialism, nationalism, and antisemitism. It demonstrates the difficulties in using the class cleavage for democratic politics in a conflict-ridden, multiethnic polity striving for an irredentist self-assertion against the imperial power.

Author : Lilia D. Monzó
Publisher : Education and Struggle
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Critical pedagogy
ISBN : 1433134063

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A Revolutionary Subject by Lilia D. Monzó Pdf

A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity is a call to radical educators, grassroots organizers, and others on the left to recognize the enormous historical legacy of and potential for revolutionary praxis that exists among Women of Color and Indigeneity. This book revitalizes Marx's dialectics to challenge class-reductionism, highlighting a class struggle that is also necessarily anti-racist, anti-sexist, and against all forms of oppression.

Author : Saladdin Ahmed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350269316

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Revolutionary Hope After Nihilism by Saladdin Ahmed Pdf

As we face new and debilitating catastrophes caused by capitalism and nation-state politics, Saladdin Ahmed argues that our only hope is to create space for a new world by negating the existing order. To achieve this new society, Revolutionary Hope After Nihilism outlines a practical philosophy of change that rejects ideologies of false hope and passive hopelessness. Drawing public attention to the decisiveness of the present historical moment, Ahmed introduces a critical theory of social emancipation based on post-Soviet revolutionary movements that have emerged at the margins of the global social order. The rise of socially and politically exclusionary movements in multiple parts of the world, ongoing ecological crisis, anti-Black racism, and the concretization of despair brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic demand a new approach to revolution, which Ahmed argues, must be rooted in the experiences of the most oppressed in society. Realizing the epistemological potential of emancipatory movements, Ahmed rejects dystopian nihilism and positions our focus on marginalized spaces to break out of capitalist totalitarianism.

Author : Igal Halfin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135774646

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Language and Revolution by Igal Halfin Pdf

This work examines the role of language in forging the modern subject. Focusing on the idea of the "New Man" that has animated all revolutionaries, the present volume asks what it meant to define oneself in terms of one's class origins, gender, national belonging or racial origins.

Author : Sarah Wessel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000479812

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Revolution, Representation, and Authoritarianism by Sarah Wessel Pdf

This book examines Egypt’s turbulent and contradictory political period (2011-2015) as key to understanding contemporary politics in the country and the developments in the Arab region after the mass protests in 2010/11, more broadly. In doing so, it breaks new ground in the study of political representation, providing analytical innovation to the study of disenchantment with politics, democracy fatigue and social cohesion. Based on five years of intense fieldwork, the author provides rare insights into local and national ideas on politics, justice and identity, and on how people situate themselves and Egypt in the regional and global context. It analyzes how the creation of an alternate, political system was discussed and negotiated among the Egyptian population, the military, the government, public figures, the media, and international actors, and yet nevertheless today, Egypt has a new political regime that is the most repressive in the countries’ modern history. Finally, it recalls the emotions and perceptions of individuals and collectives and interlinks these local perspectives to national events and developments through time. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of democratization and authoritarianism, Middle East Studies, political representation and informality, collective action, and more broadly to cultural studies and international relations.

Author : Henry Morse Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : France
ISBN : HARVARD:HNXSRK

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A History of the French Revolution by Henry Morse Stephens Pdf

Author : William Doyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192559944

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The Oxford History of the French Revolution by William Doyle Pdf

Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, it traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-revolution to the final triumph of Napoleon in 1802. It also analyses the impact of events in France upon the rest of Europe and the world beyond. The study shows how a movement which began with optimism and general enthusiasm soon became a tragedy, not only for the ruling orders, but also for the millions of ordinary people whose lives were disrupted by religious upheaval, economic chaos, and civil and international war. Now in its third edition, this volume has been fully updated in the light of current research, and includes an appendix surveying the past and present historiography of the revolutionary period.

Author : Shukla Sanyal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107065468

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Revolutionary Pamphlets, Propaganda and Political Culture in Colonial Bengal by Shukla Sanyal Pdf

It demonstrates the effectiveness of pamphlets as a medium of propaganda within the context of political life in colonial Bengal.

Author : Balázs Trencsenyi,Head of the Ideas and Concepts Department Michal Kopeček,Michal Kopeček,Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič,PhD Candidate at the Program in Comparative History of Central Southeastern and Eastern Europe Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič,Lecturer in Modern European History Maria Falina,Maria Falina,Mónika Baár,Professor of Central European Studies Monika Baar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198829607

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A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe by Balázs Trencsenyi,Head of the Ideas and Concepts Department Michal Kopeček,Michal Kopeček,Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič,PhD Candidate at the Program in Comparative History of Central Southeastern and Eastern Europe Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič,Lecturer in Modern European History Maria Falina,Maria Falina,Mónika Baár,Professor of Central European Studies Monika Baar Pdf

A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe, Volume II Part II examines the defeat of the vision of 'socialism with a human face' in 1968 and the political discourses produced by the various 'consolidation' or 'normalization' regimes. It closes with pertinent questions about the fragility of the democratic order globally.

Author : Rudolf von Sinner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630877279

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The Churches and Democracy in Brazil by Rudolf von Sinner Pdf

Brazil is a rapidly emerging country. Brazilian theology, namely the Theology of Liberation, has become well known in the 1970s and 1980s. The politically active Base Ecclesial Communities and the progressive posture of the Roman Catholic Church contrasted with a steadily growing number of evangelicals, mostly aligned with the military regime but attractive precisely to the poor. After democratic transition in the mid-1980s, the context changed considerably. Democracy, growing religious pluralism and mobility, a vibrant civil society, the political ascension of the Worker's Party and growing wealth, albeit within a continuously wide social gap, are some of the elements that show the need of a new approach to theology. It must be a theology that is both critical and constructive, resisting and cooperative, a theology that is able to give orientation to the churches, valuing and encouraging their contribution in society while avoiding attempts of imposition. The Churches and Democracy in Brazil, the fruit of years of interdisciplinary study of the Brazilian context and its main churches and theology, makes its case for an ecumenically articulated public theology. It seeks inspiration mainly in Luther and Lutheran theology, emphasizing human dignity, freedom, trust, the disposition to serve, and the ability to endure the ambiguities of reality, as well as a fresh interpretation of the doctrine of the two regiments. These are the fundamental elements of what makes human beings full members of the body politic: citizenship, their right to have rights and to be able to effectively live them, together with their corresponding duties, in a move of growing political participation conscious of their religious motivation in view of the commonweal.

Author : Shalanda Baker
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781642830675

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Revolutionary Power by Shalanda Baker Pdf

In September 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, completely upending the energy grid of the small island. The nearly year-long power outage that followed vividly shows how the new climate reality intersects with race and access to energy. The island is home to brown and black US citizens who lack the political power of those living in the continental US. As the world continues to warm and storms like Maria become more commonplace, it is critical that we rethink our current energy system to enable reliable, locally produced, and locally controlled energy without replicating the current structures of power and control. In Revolutionary Power, Shalanda Baker arms those made most vulnerable by our current energy system with the tools they need to remake the system in the service of their humanity. She argues that people of color, poor people, and indigenous people must engage in the creation of the new energy system in order to upend the unequal power dynamics of the current system. Revolutionary Power is a playbook for the energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. Baker tells the stories of those who have been left behind in our current system and those who are working to be architects of a more just system. She draws from her experience as an energy-justice advocate, a lawyer, and a queer woman of color to inspire activists working to build our new energy system. Climate change will force us to rethink the way we generate and distribute energy and regulate the system. But how much are we willing to change the system? This unique moment in history provides an unprecedented opening for a deeper transformation of the energy system, and thus, an opportunity to transform society. Revolutionary Power shows us how.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1250 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B2873567

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The American Monthly Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paget Henry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783489374

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Journeys in Caribbean Thought by Paget Henry Pdf

For the past 30 years, Paget Henry has been one of the most articulate and creative voices in Caribbean scholarship, making seminal contributions to the study of Caribbean political economy, C.L.R. James studies, critical theory, phenomenology, and Africana philosophy. In the case of Afro-Caribbean philosophy, he inaugurated a new philosophical school of inquiry. Journeys in Caribbean Thought: The Paget Henry Reader outlines the trajectory of Henry’s scholarly career, beginning and ending with his most recent work on the distinctive character of Africana and Caribbean philosophy and political and intellectual leadership in his home of Antigua and Barbuda. In between, the book returns to Henry’s early consideration of the relationship of political economy to cultural flourishing or stagnation and how both should be studied, and to the problem with which Henry began his career, of peripheral development through a focus on Caribbean political economy and democratic socialism. Henry’s canonical work in Anglo-Caribbean thought draws upon a heavily creolized canon.

Author : Antonio Negri
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231519427

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Factory of Strategy by Antonio Negri Pdf

Factory of Strategy is the last of Antonio Negri's major political works to be translated into English. Rigorous and accessible, it is both a systematic inquiry into the development of Lenin's thought and an encapsulation of a critical shift in Negri's theoretical trajectory. Lenin is the only prominent politician of the modern era to seriously question the "withering away" and "extinction" of the state, and like Marx, he recognized the link between capitalism and modern sovereignty and the need to destroy capitalism and reconfigure the state. Negri refrains from portraying Lenin as a ferocious dictator enforcing the proletariat's reappropriation of wealth, nor does he depict him as a mere military tool of a vanguard opposed to the Ancien Régime. Negri instead champions Leninism's ability to adapt to different working-class configurations in Russia, China, Latin America, and elsewhere. He argues that Lenin developed a new political figuration in and beyond modernity and an effective organization capable of absorbing different historical conditions. He ultimately urges readers to recognize the universal application of Leninism today and its potential to institutionally—not anarchically—dismantle centralized power.