Myslet revoluci: Koncept, periodizace, historiografie

Abstract

This study examines the concept of revolution, the ways in which it has been treated in historiography and the current trends in historical analysis. First, domestic historiography is reviewed in relation to the use of the concept of revolution in different contexts of the past (political, industrial, demographic or Neolithic revolution). Subsequently, the text is divided into three parts. The first, “conceptualization”, part confronts Martin Edward Malia’s concept of the great (civilizing or modernizing) revolution with the more usual understanding of revolution as a change of political regime in a particular country. The second, “periodization”, part reflects on the importance of determining the start and the completion of the revolutionary process, including the question of dividing the revolutionary process into standardized stages. The third, “historiography”, part summarizes the development of historiography, dividing it into four stages.