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History and Revolution, 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,
History and Revolution also engages with several prominent revisionist historians, including Orlando Figes, Conrad Russell and Simon Schama.
This 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.
About the author
Geoff Eley has taught at the University of Cambridge (1975-79) and the University of Michigan (1979-2022). His earlier books include Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000, The Future of Class in History: What’s Left of the Social? [with Keith Nield], and Nazism as Fascism: Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of Consent in Germany, 1930-1945.
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