Author : Michael S. Kimmel
Release : 1990
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 366/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Revolution, a Sociological Interpretation by : Michael S. Kimmel
Download or read book Revolution, a Sociological Interpretation written by Michael S. Kimmel. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines why the study of revolution has attained such importance, and provides a systematic historical analysis of key ideas and theories. The book surveys the classical perspectives on revolution offered by nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century theorists, such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Tocqueville, and Freud. Kimmel argues that their perspectives on revolution were affected by the reality of living through the revolutions of 1848-1917, a relaity that raised curcial issues of class, state, bureaucracy , and motivation."--back cover.
