REVISION AND CRITIQUE OF THE STRUCTURAL THEORY OF REVOLUTION: TO POSTSTRUKTURNIM THEORIES
Keywords:
revolution, structural theories of revolution, poststrukturne theory of revolution, state actors, ideology, cultureAbstract
This paper presents recent theoretical findings in the sociology of revolutions which imply a review and/or a critique of the structural theories of revolution. In this regard, it is problematized whether these are genuine poststructural theories of revolution, or is that structural theories of revolution still play an important role in sociology. Contemporary theories of revolution that attribute greater role to factors such as actors, ideology and culture in explaining revolutions are presented, i.e. the theories that do not focus solely on the crisis and the collapse of state structures. The conclusions concerning the cumulative character of knowledge about revolutions are given, together with some extrapolations on future revolutions.
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