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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819177903321

Autore

Selbin Eric

Titolo

Revolution, rebellion, resistance : the power of story / / Eric Selbin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed Book, 2010

ISBN

1-350-22236-4

1-282-47308-5

9786612473081

1-84813-536-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

321.09/4

Soggetti

Revolutions - History

Revolutions - Social aspects

Revolutions - Economic aspects

Social justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; 1 A prolegomenon, an apologia, and an overture; 2 The case for stories: stories and social change; 3 Myth, memory, mimesis; 4 'The uprising of the anecdotes': four stories of revolution; 5 The story of civilizing and democratizing revolutions; 6 The story of social revolution; 7 The freedom and liberation story of revolution; 8 Revolutions of the lost and forgotten: stories we don't know and won't tell; 9 Stories of resistance, rebellion, and revolution unfold; Notes; References; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this ground-breaking book, Eric Selbin argues that we need to look beyond the economic, political, and social structural conditions to the thoughts and feelings of the people who make revolutions. In particular, he argues, we need to understand the stories people relay and rework of past injustices as they struggle in the present toward a better future.