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10/18/2012 - 10/18/2012 | Berlin
Two renowned experts for radical social and political movements discuss the potentials of rebellion and revolution today. What can be labelled as revolution in comparison to the great revolutions of the past? Are former revolutions, for example the French and the Russian, still points of departure for radical social movements today or is the radical change of the socio-economic system abandoned altogether? What role will religion play in future developments? What could be ideologies behind revolutionary movements in the 21st century?
John Foran is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His areas of interest include the comparative study of 20th-century revolutions and 21st-century radical social change. His most recent book Taking Power: On the Origins of Revolutions in the Third World (2005) presents a new theory of the causes of revolutions across three dozen cases. Other publications include Revolution in the Making of the Modern World: Social Identities, Globalization, and Modernity (co-ed., 2008).
Jeff Goodwin is professor of sociology at New York University. He has written on social movements, revolutions, political violence and terrorism. In his view, revolutions are not only a reaction to social and economic inequality but also as result of political oppression. Among his most recent books are No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991 (2001) and Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements (co-ed., 2001) and Rethinking Social Movements: Structure, Culture, and Emotion (co-ed. 2004).
Further information:
http://www.wzb.eu/sites/default/files/veranstaltungen/coninxokt2012ennet.pdf
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
10/18/2012 18:00 - 10/18/2012 21:00
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Raum A 300
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Law, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/11/2012
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event41325
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