Theories of Revolutions Flashcards

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Do Revolutions actually exist?

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History only happens ONCE - the events in America, France,China are all uniquely individual –>is there any underlining structure?

Revolution is a BUZZ WORD –> we must identify what is being described

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Crane Brinton Argued…

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if you can figure out the stages of a revolution, you could discover its beginnings

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Stages of revolution according to Crane Brinton

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Preliminary stage
-class antagonism
-tensions within society

First stage
-financial breakdown
-food shortages

Crisis stage
-moderates driven from power
-reformists are replaced by extremists
-often followed by international war

Recovery phase
-dictatorship (military or political) –> repression

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Problems with Brintons Stages

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overemphasizes the similarities but in turn does not focus on the dissimilarities

the french revolution is his model: looks at other revolutions through the eyes of the french revolution

he assumed England, China, Russia, experienced the same ‘thing’

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Charles Tilly said…

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“Not all revolutionary situations/strugg;es result in a revolutionary outcome”

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Problems of defining ‘Revolution’

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-historical events of their time, therefore unique

-‘revolution’ too often is used loosely to describe ‘big change’

-we should be wary of making complex events and histories fit into narrow definitions

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different Revolutions

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France –> French society structure completely altered

America –> structure of society was unchanged

how can these two events receive the same word?

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Herbert Butterfield argued…

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we use the term to celebrate momentous movements to underpin the legitimacy of the state in present?

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