Radicalism in the Contemporary Age, Volume 1: Sources of Contemporary Radicalism

ISBN-13: 9780367284947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 412 str.

Seweryn Bialer;Sophia Sluzar

Opis

This book explains the definitional aspects of radicalism and the identification of specific contemporary sources of the radical impulse and the social groups that are the carriers of radicalism within society. It deals with the impact of radicalism on the societies.

Spis treści

Preface /Zbigniew Brzezinski -- 1. On the Meanings, Sources, and Carriers of Radicalism in Contemporary Industrialized Societies: Introductory Remarks /Seweryn Bialer -- 2. Why No Socialism in the United States? /Seymour Martin Lipset -- Marx and Engels -- Foreign and Domestic Socialists -- Post-World War II Critiques -- Concluding Remarks -- 3. Ethnic Variations in Student Radicalism: Some New Perspectives /Stanley Rothman et al. -- On Student Radicalism in America -- A Theory of Jewish (and non-Jewish) Radicalism -- Operationalizing and Testing the Theories -- Some Initial Findings -- The Clinical Evidence -- Some Very Preliminary Conclusions -- 4. From Cold War to Historic Compromise: Approaches to French and Italian Radicalism /Sidney Tarrow -- The Birth of the Postwar System and the Origins of Protest -- The Static Equilibrium of the Cold War Period -- Political Change and the Search for New Models -- 5. The Sources of Rural Radicalism /Henry A. Landsberger -- Peasant Radicalism or Peasant Militancy -- Peasant Radicalism vs. the Culture of the Peasantry -- Peasant Discontent, Peasant Unrest, and Its Containment -- Tipping the Balance of Discontent: Structural Changes -- Tipping the Balance of Discontent: Accelerating Factors -- Structuring the Goals of Rural Discontent: Tenure and Labor Systems -- The Forms of Unrest: From Individual Protest to Revolution? -- Conclusion -- 6. Sources of Radicalism and Revolution: A Survey of the Literature /William H. Overholt -- Some Definitions -- The Psychological Bases of Radicalism and Revolution -- Economic/Psychological Theories -- Sociological Theories of Radical Movements and Revolution -- Organization Theories of Revolution and Radical Movements -- Some Concluding Perspectives -- Notes.

O autorze

Seweryn Bialer, Sophia Sluzar