How the meaning of revolution has changed over time

Vaccari, Edoardo (2025) How the meaning of revolution has changed over time. LSE Review of Books (20 Oct 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The Revolution to Come by Dan Edelstein is a sweeping intellectual history of “revolution,” tracing how the concept evolved from ancient Greece to Leninist Russia. Blending intellectual history with political theory, this impressive and necessary study reveals how and why revolution shifted from a notion of cyclical change to a future-driven ideal, writes Edoardo Vaccari. The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin. Dan Edelstein. Princeton University Press. 2025.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	International History
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2025 15:09
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2025 15:09
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130198

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