Social Transformations and Revolutions: Reflections and Analyses

Johann P. Arnason; Marek Hrubec

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Social Transformations and Revolutions

Reflections and Analyses

Johann P. Arnason and Marek Hrubec

In the series Annual of European and Global Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474415354

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About this book

Explores social revolutions and transformations from the viewpoints of philosophy, sociology, history and political science

Prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this volume reflects on revolutions and transformations around the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the political transformations after 9/11, the important changes following the global economic crisis, and the revolutionary transformations of India and China.

The authors stress that the United States’ military actions after the 9/11 terrorist attacks have had a major transformative impact on the global arena. More recently, the economic crisis that began in 2007/8 caused a series of breakdowns and provoked demands for social and political transformation, so far unfulfilled. The repercussions of the Arab Spring and transformations linked to the rise of BRICS are altering the patterns of international and global relations. All these processes have unfolded within the framework of global capitalism, whose reproduction on an expanding scale involved multiple economic, political ecological and civilizational transformations.

List of Contributors

Vladimíra Dvořáková, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic

Marek Hrubec, Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Keller, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Johann P. Arnason, La Trobe University, Melbourne

Jerry Harris, DeVry University in Chicago, USA

Oleg Suša, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Richard Sťahel, University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra, Slovakia

Gábor Gángó, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest and University of Miskolc, Hungary

Emil A. Sobottka, Pontifical Catholic University in Porto Alegre (PUCRS), Brazil

Jiří Krejčík, Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Wei Xiaoping, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

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1 Introduction Johann P. Arnason and Marek Hrubec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 A Trialogue on Revolution and Transformation Vladimíra Dvořáková, Marek Hrubec and Jan Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
3 Revolutions, Transformations, Civilisations: Prolegomena to a Paradigm Reorientation Johann P. Arnason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
4 The Transformation of Capitalism and the Limits of Democracy Jerry Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
5 From Civilisational Crisis to Revolutionary Transformation? Oleg Suša Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
6 Environmental Crisis and Political Revolutions Richard Sťahel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7 Communists and Social Democrats in the Hungarian Soviet Republic Gábor Gángó Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
8 Can Political Participation Become Dangerous for Democracy? Participatory Experiences in Brazil and the Reactions Against Them Emil A. Sobottka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
9 Hidden Revolutionary Processes in 1990s India? Jiří Krejčík Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
10 Matching Reforms of Political and Economic Systems of China Wei Xiaoping Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 212
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: July 10, 2016
ISBN: 9781474415354