Post by Lurigancho on Mar 6, 2005 19:51:53 GMT -5
One of the more interesting and valuable things that Bob Avakian has done in his recent writings is to criticize his old approach of writing off authors who claimed that there were major continuities between the pre-revolutionary and revolutionary regimes in Russia and China.
I imagine that this is also one of the more controversial things that he has raised.
So, for everyone trying to grapple with this contradiction, there is an article in the new issue of Comparative Studies of Society and History that should be some grist for the mill.
The article is titled "Narrating the Russian Revolution: Institutionalism and Continuity across Regime Change" and is by Don Rowney.
The article makes the case that "the outcomes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were more continuous with the Russian past than either revolutionary elites or some historians have been prepared to concede."
While I am not prepared to concede many things that Rowney might wish we would, I think the article will be useful for those grappling with this major problem.
Unfortunately, electronic access to this journal is only available to those with access to the electronic collections of univeristy libraries. Hard copies will also be carried by most any university library.
I imagine that this is also one of the more controversial things that he has raised.
So, for everyone trying to grapple with this contradiction, there is an article in the new issue of Comparative Studies of Society and History that should be some grist for the mill.
The article is titled "Narrating the Russian Revolution: Institutionalism and Continuity across Regime Change" and is by Don Rowney.
The article makes the case that "the outcomes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were more continuous with the Russian past than either revolutionary elites or some historians have been prepared to concede."
While I am not prepared to concede many things that Rowney might wish we would, I think the article will be useful for those grappling with this major problem.
Unfortunately, electronic access to this journal is only available to those with access to the electronic collections of univeristy libraries. Hard copies will also be carried by most any university library.