Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance

January 20, 2010 19:00

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Revolution!

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Housmans – radical booksellers since 1945
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Zed Books presents: ‘Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of Story’
with Eric Selbin
Wednesday 20th January – 7pm to 8.30pm
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Eric Selbin will be discussing his new book which examines the role of myth and storytelling in lighting the fires of revolutions and political struggles.
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Why do revolutions happen? Decades of social science research have brought us little closer to understanding where, when and amongst whom they occur.

In this groundbreaking book, Prof. Selbin argues that we need to look beyond the economic, political and social structural conditions to the thoughts and feelings of the people who make revolutions. In particular, he argues, we need to understand the stories people relay and rework of past injustices and struggles as they struggle in the present towards a better future. Ranging from the French revolution to the Battle for Seattle, via Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam and Nicaragua, Selbin makes the case that it is myth, memory and mimesis which create, maintain and extend such stories.

Published by Zed Books, this volume identifies four kinds of enduring revolutionary story - Civilizing and Democratizing, The Social Revolution, Freedom and Liberation and The Lost and Forgotten. These tales do more than report on events: they catalyse changing the world.

Eric Selbin is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Southwestern University, Texas. His books include Modern Latin American Revolutions and Understanding Revolutions (with John Foran and Jack Goldstone).

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