Anthropologies of Revolution: Forging Time, People, and Worlds

Anthropologies of Revolution: Forging Time, People, and Worlds

by Ritesh Modi

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Edited by David Nugent and Anand Vivek Taneja

University of California Press, 2022

What is a revolution? How does it happen? And what are its consequences? These are questions that have fascinated scholars for centuries. In recent years, anthropologists have made significant contributions to our understanding of revolution. They have shown that revolutions are not simply moments of upheaval, but rather complex and protracted processes that involve the forging of new time, people, and worlds.

Anthropologies of Revolution brings together leading scholars from anthropology, history, and other disciplines to offer a comprehensive overview of the field of revolutionary studies. The book explores the diverse ways that people have made and remade their worlds through revolutionary action. It examines the role of culture, power, resistance, agency, violence, identity, memory, time, space, and world-making in revolutionary processes.

The book is divided into three parts.

• Part I: Forging Time examines the ways that revolutionaries have created new temporal Free Downloads. This section explores the role of time in revolutionary mobilization, the creation of new revolutionary calendars, and the ways that revolutionaries have sought to control and reshape the past and the future.
• Part II: Forging People examines the ways that revolutions have created new forms of human subjectivity. This section explores the role of revolutionary violence in the creation of new revolutionary identities, the ways that revolutionaries have sought to create new forms of community, and the challenges that revolutionaries have faced in forging new forms of social equality.
• Part III: Forging Worlds examines the ways that revolutions have created new social and political Free Downloads. This section explores the role of revolution in the creation of new states, the ways that revolutionaries have sought to create new forms of economic and political organization, and the challenges that revolutionaries have faced in forging new forms of global Free Download.

Anthropologies of Revolution is a groundbreaking book that offers a new and innovative perspective on the study of revolution. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of anthropology, history, political science, sociology, and other disciplines.

Reviews

"Anthropologies of Revolution is a major contribution to the field of revolutionary studies. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the field and brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the complex and multifaceted nature of revolution."

—Craig Calhoun, University of California, Berkeley

"Anthropologies of Revolution is a timely and important book. The book provides a much-needed exploration of the diverse ways that people have made and remade their worlds through revolutionary action. The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of anthropology, history, political science, sociology, and other disciplines."

—Nancy Postero, New York University

Table of Contents

1. Part I: Forging Time

• 1. Time and Revolution: An
• 2. The Forging of Revolutionary Time: The French Revolution
• 3. Time and Revolution in the Russian Revolution
• 4. Time and Revolution in the Chinese Revolution
• 5. Time and Revolution in the Iranian Revolution

• 6. The Forging of Revolutionary Subjects: The French Revolution
• 7. The Forging of Revolutionary Subjects: The Russian Revolution
• 8. The Forging of Revolutionary Subjects: The Chinese Revolution
• 9. The Forging of Revolutionary Subjects: The Iranian Revolution
• 10. The Forging of Revolutionary Community: The French Revolution
• 11. The Forging of Revolutionary Community: The Russian Revolution
• 12. The Forging of Revolutionary Community: The Chinese Revolution
• 13. The Forging of Revolutionary Community: The Iranian Revolution

• 14. The Forging of Revolutionary States: The French Revolution
• 15. The Forging of Revolutionary States: The Russian Revolution
• 16. The Forging of Revolutionary States: The Chinese Revolution
• 17. The Forging of Revolutionary States: The Iranian Revolution
• 18. The Forging of Revolutionary Economies: The French Revolution
• 19. The Forging of Revolutionary Economies: The Russian Revolution
• 20. The Forging of Revolutionary Economies: The Chinese Revolution
• 21. The Forging of Revolutionary Economies: The Iranian Revolution
• 22. The Forging of Revolutionary Global Free Downloads: The French Revolution
• 23. The Forging of Revolutionary Global Free Downloads: The Russian Revolution
• 24. The Forging of Revolutionary Global Free Downloads: The Chinese Revolution
• 25. The Forging of Revolutionary Global Free Downloads: The Iranian Revolution

Author Biographies

David Nugent is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Modernity at the Edge of Empire: State, Individual, and Nation in the Northern Peruvian Andes, 1830–1930 and Consumed by Place: The Politics of Representation in Andean Ecuador.

Anand Vivek Taneja is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Gandhi's Children: Rethinking Childhood in Contemporary India and The Politics of Purity: Caste, Religion, and Power in Northern India.

Anthropologies of Revolution: Forging Time, People, and Worlds

by Ritesh Modi

4.4 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	2498 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Word Wise	:	Enabled
Print length	:	213 pages
Lending	:	Enabled

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