The Great Revolutions and the Civilizations of Modernity

by S.N. Eisenstadt

This book is the analysis of the civilizational and historical context of the development of the Great Modern Revolutions; their relations to modernity, to the civilization of modernity, and to the development of multiple modernities; and the fate of revolutionary symbolism and dynamics in modern regimes, in the continually changing civilization of modernity, its dynamics and tribulations.

236 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 2005

About the author

Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt was a sociologist who taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and lectured at many other universities around the world. His writing focuses on modern civilizations and comparative cultures.