Revolutions, Nations, Empires - Conceptual Limits & Theoretical Possibilities

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-231-11431-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

In this concise, provocative, and trenchant book, Alexander J. Motyl argues that social scientists must pay more rigorous attention to the formulation of concepts, as they provide the basis for clear thinking, good research, and intelligent formulation of theories. Before even contemplating the question of whether or not theories "fit the facts" and explain what they purport to explain, it behooves us to ask whether or not theories make sense conceptually.

Focusing his "conceptual explorations" on three phenomena revolutions, nations and nationalism, and empires Motyl challenges the sloppy thinking that so often surrounds these three interrelated concepts, and moves our understanding of them and their implications for both theory and practice toward greater precision.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Motyl, Alexander J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Nations1. Nations and Nationalism2. Theories of the Nation3. The Modernity of Nationalism2. Revolutions4. The Concept of Revolution5. Limits on Revolution6. Structural Constraints and Starting Points: The Logic of Systemic Change in Ukraine and Russia3. Empires7. Coneceptualizing Empire8. Theorizing Empire9. The Future of Empire

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander J. Motyl is associate professor of political science and deputy director of the Center for Global Change and Governance at Rutgers University. He is the author and editor of six books including Sovietology, Rationality, Nationality: Coming to Grips with Nationalism in the USSR and Thinking Theoretically about Soviet Nationalities: History and Comparison in the Study of the USSR. He is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of Nationalism.