Revolution in the Making of the Modern World: Social Identities, Globalization, and Modernity (Electronic book text)

This volume questions whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world's leading sociological and political thinkers on revolution, it combines theoretical concerns with a variety of detailed case studies of individual revolutions. Subjects covered include: democracy and revolution from 1789 to 1989; twentieth century revolutions and theories of revolution, including Marxism, modernization and structuralist theories; revolution in the Third World and the variable geometry of the paths to modernity; Islamic revolutions and modernity; the 1989 revolutions as democratic revolutions or elite-led transitions; globalization, the nation-state and revolution empire and democratic revolution; network society and revolution; Islamic fundamentalism, international terrorism and revolution; democratic revolution as a new form of revolution; postmodern theories of revolution; and new social movements, identities and new figures of revolution.; Revolution in the Making of the Modern World will be essential reading for students and scholars of comparative politics, political theory, revolution and political sociology.