Although the organizing principle of virtually every world history text is "development", the editor of this volume maintains that this traditional approach fails to address the issue of sustainability. By adopting the ecological process as their major theme, the authors show how the process of human interaction with the natural environment unfolded in the past, and offer perspective on the ecological crises in our world at the beginning of the 21st century. Topics range from broad regional studies that examine important aspects of the global environment that affect nations, to a study of the widespread influence of one important individual on his nation and beyond. The authors take different approaches, but all share the conviction that world history must take ecological process seriously, and they all recognize the ways in which the living and non-living systems of the earth have influenced the course of human affairs.
Author(s): Pavel Campeanu; Michel Vale
Edition: 2015
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe / Routledge
Year: 1985
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Author's Note
Introduction
Univocal necessity
Antinomic necessity
The relationship between possibility and necessity
I. Methodological Questions
II. The Antifeudal Character of the Revolution
Hypotheses
Definition
Implications of this definition
Russian feudalism
The feudal nobility and the autocracy
The feudal nobility and the bourgeoisie
The peasant movement and the proletariat
The peasant movement and the Bolshevik Party
The antifeudal movement of the peasantry
Connections between the antifeudal and the antibourgeois characters of the revolution
Other connections
The antifeudal movement and the October insurrection
The land
Incomplete realization
The alliance with the peasantry
From antifeudal revolution to the emergence of Stalinism
III. The Antibourgeois Character of the Revolution
Hypotheses
Similarities
Definition
Predominance
The structure of the conflict
The bourgeoisie: economic positions
The bourgeoisie: political positions
The socialist parties and the Provisional Government
The Provisional Government
The soviets
Dual power
The army
The proletariat
The Bolshevik party
The seizure of power
Power
Anticipation
Incomplete realization
The possibility of Stalinism
IV. The Anti-imperialist Character of the Revolution
Hypotheses
Definition
Russia's dual articulation with the imperialist system
The war
Connections
The revolutionary forces
Realization
From isolation to internationalization
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