{"product_id":"history-and-revolution-refuting-revisionism-paperback","title":"History and Revolution: Refuting Revisionism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Haynes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJim Wolfreys\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Bensaid\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHistory and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, a group of respected historians confronts the conservative, revisionist trends in historical enquiry that have been dominant in the last twenty years. Ranging from an exploration of the English, French, and Russian revolutions and their treatment by revisionist historiography, to the debates and themes arising from attempts to downplay revolution's role in history, \u003ci\u003eHistory and Revolution \u003c\/i\u003ealso engages with several prominent revisionist historians, including Orlando Figes, Conrad Russell and Simon Schama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis important book shows the inability of revisionism to explain why millions are moved to act in defence of political causes, and why specific political currents emerge, and is a significant reassertion of the concept of revolution in human development.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Haynes \u003c\/b\u003eteaches history at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNikolai Bukharin and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism; Russia: Class and Power 1917-2000;\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Rumy Hasan) \u003ci\u003eA Century of State Murder? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Wolfreys \u003c\/b\u003eis lecturer in French political history at King's College London, UK. He is co-author (with Peter Fysh) of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Racism in France\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Bensaïd\u003c\/b\u003e (1946-2010) taught philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, and was the author of books on Marxism, Walter Benjamin, the French Revolution and Joan of Arc. The Marxists' Internet Archive has a list of obituaries.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9.21 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53025352581427,"sku":"9781844671519","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4DfixsHH4g9781844671519.webp?v=1770232152","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/history-and-revolution-refuting-revisionism-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}