
How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions?
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Once of central importance to left historians and activists alike, recently the concept of the "bourgeois revolution" has come in for sustained criticism from both Marxists and conservatives. In this magisterial work, Neil Davidson offers theoretical and historical insights about the nature of revolutions. Through extensive research and comprehensive analysis, Davidson demonstrates that what's at stake is far from a stale issue for the history books-understanding that these struggles of the past offer far-reaching lessons for today's radicals.
"A monumental work. Neil Davidson has given us what is easily the most comprehensive account yet of the 'life and times' of the concept of 'bourgeois revolution' [and] has also provided us with a refined set of theoretical tools for understanding the often complex interactions between political revolutions which overturn state institutions and social revolutions which involve a more thoroughgoing transformation of social relations." -Colin Mooers, author of The Making of Bourgeois Europe
"Davidson's book is one of immense and impressive erudition. His knowledge of the history of Marxist theory and historiography is as detailed as it is comprehensive, and must be well-nigh unrivalled. The endless, complex debates that characterize the Marxist tradition are distilled with clarity and illumination." - Times Literary Supplement
"A brilliant and fascinating book, wide-ranging and lucidly written." -Jairus Banaji, author of Theory as History
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- About the Author
- A Note on the Reproductions
- Preface
- SECTION ONE - Prehistory: Insights and Limitations
- 1 - The Concept of "Revolution": From Tradition to Modernity
- 2 - Interpreting the English Revolutions: Hobbes, Harrington, and Locke
- 3 - Stages of Development: French Physiocrats and the Scottish Historical School
- 4 - The American Theory of Political Revolution
- 5 - The Contradictions of the French Revolution (1): Barnave and His Contemporaries
- 6 - The Contradictions of the French Revolution (2): Burke and His Critics
- 7 - The Bourgeoisie and the Concept of Social Revolution: From Consolidation to Abdication
- SECTION TWO - Origins, Developments, Orthodoxy
- 8 - Marx and Engels (1) 1843-47: Between Enlightenment and Historical Materialism
- 9 - Marx and Engels (2) 1847-52: The Bourgeois Revolution in Theory and Practice
- 10 - Marx and Engels (3) after 1852: Transitions, Revolutions, and Agency
- 11 - Classical Marxism (1) 1889-1905: Bourgeois Revolution in the Social Democratic Worldview
- 12 - Classical Marxism (2) 1905-24: The Russian Crucible
- 13 - The Emergence of Orthodoxy: 1924-40
- 14 - Classical Marxism (3) 1924-40: Rethinking Bourgeois Revolution-Strategy, History, Tradition
- SECTION THREE - Revisions, Reconstructions, Alternatives
- 15 - Revisionism: The Bourgeois Revolutions Did Not Take Place
- 16 - From Society to Politics
- from Event to Process
- 17 - "The Capitalist World-System"
- 18 - "Capitalist Social Property Relations"
- 19 - "Consequentialism"
- SECTION FOUR - The Specificity of the Bourgeois Revolutions
- 20 - Between Two Social Revolutions
- 21 - Preconditions for an Era of Bourgeois Revolution
- 22 - Patterns of Consummation
- Epilogue: Reflections in a Scottish Cemetery
- Bibliography
- Notes
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