The anatomy of revolution

About this eBook

Author

Brinton, Crane, 1898-1968

Original Publication

New York: W. W. Norton, 1938.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

JC: Political science: Political theory

Subject

Revolutions

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78065

Release Date

February 27, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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4. 4.the Anatomy of revolution
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7. 7.CONTENTS
8. 8.FOREWORD
9. 9.Chapter one THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REVOLUTIONS — I. The Necessity for a Scientific Approach — II. The Bare Elements of Scientific Methods — III. The Application of Scientific Methods to This Study — IV. Limitations of the Subject
10. 10.Chapter two THE OLD REGIMES — I. The Diagnosis of Preliminary Signs — II. Structural Weaknesses, Economic and Political — III. The Desertion of the Intellectuals — IV. Classes and Class Antagonisms — V. Summary
11. 11.Chapter three FIRST STAGES OF REVOLUTION — I. The Eternal Figaro — II. The Events of the First Stages — III. Spontaneity or Planning? — IV. The Role of Force — V. The Honeymoon
12. 12.Chapter four TYPES OF REVOLUTIONISTS — I. The Clichés — II. Economic and Social Position: Rank and File — III. Economic and Social Position: Leaders — IV. Character and Disposition — V. Summary
13. 13.Chapter five THE RULE OF THE MODERATES — I. The Problem of the Moderates — II. Events During the Rule of the Moderates — III. Dual Sovereignty — IV. Weaknesses of the Moderates — V. The Failure of the Moderates
14. 14.Chapter six THE ACCESSION OF THE EXTREMISTS — I. The Coup d’état — II. Organization of the Extremists — III. Fitness of the Extremists — IV. The Machinery of Dictatorship
15. 15.Chapter seven REIGNS OF TERROR AND VIRTUE — I. Pervasiveness of the Terror — II. The Terror and the Outsider — III. The Terror and the Insider: The Religious Parallel — IV. What Makes the Terror?
16. 16.Chapter eight THERMIDOR — I. Universality of the Thermidorean Reaction — II. Amnesty and Repression — III. Return of the Church — IV. The Search for Pleasure — V. Summary
17. 17.Chapter nine A SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF REVOLUTIONS — I. Changes in Institutions and Ideas — II. Some Tentative Uniformities — III. A Paradox of Revolution
18. 18.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX — I. Historical Writing on the Four Revolutions — A. ENGLAND — B. AMERICA — C. FRANCE — D. RUSSIA — II. The Wisdom of the Ages — III. The Marxists — IV. The Sociology of Revolutions
19. 19.INDEX
20. 20.Transcriber’s Notes:

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