The Unimaginable Revolution
1917 In Retrospect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6147246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johann P Arnason (0000-0002-2320-5346, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 2018 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 123-143 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HISTORICKÁ SOCIOLOGIE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1804-0616 • E-ISSN: 2336-3525 |
| Publisher | Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14712/23363525.2018.42 |
| OpenAlex | W2810354639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The essay takes off from current controversies about Communism, and on the relative weight of its cultural, political and economic components. The discussion then moves, in light of recent historical scholarship, to problems of conceptualizing the revolutionary process that gave rise to Soviet Communism. A strong emphasis is placed on the singularity of the Russian revolution, and on the limits to general theories of revolution. Hasegawa’s revised work on the February revolution of 1917 is discussed at some length, and his interpretation of that event as an interaction between popular and liberal forces is accepted. The following months saw the emergence of multiple revolutionary movements, but also the strengthening of an organization and an alternative leadership with a project different from the main currents of the revolution, but capable of conquering power through a selective mobilization of revolutionary forces. The presuppositions of Bolshevism are analyzed, as well as the implications of its victory. The essay finishes with reflections on Stalinism and its roots in the revolutionary process
Aesthetics · Communism · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Political economy · Political revolution · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Presupposition · Revolutionary movement · Scholarship · Sociology · Victory · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |