Revolutions in the Modern and Contemporary era

Course Information
TitleΕπαναστάσεις στη Νεότερη και Σύγχρονη Εποχή / Revolutions in the Modern and Contemporary era
CodeΙΝΣ 704
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600016038

Programme of Study: PMS stīn Istorikī Éreuna 2024-2025

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesWinter/Spring-15
Neóterīs kai Sýnchronīs IstoríasElective CoursesWinter/Spring-15

Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600245589
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successfully completing the course students will be able to: (1) appreciate the historicity of Revolutions (2) grasp the epistemological diversity of attempts to theorize on Revolutions (3) recognize in practice the epistemological differences between history and disciplines such as political science and sociology, which have attempted to theorize, generalise and interpret accordingly the phenomenon of revolution (4) appreciate the importance, nuances and method of the comparative approach (5) understand the causes, the course, the importance and the attempts to define the essence of diverse revolutions (English, American, French, Russian, Chinese, Latin American Revolutions) (6) discern and differentiate between similarities and qualitative dissimilarities among seemingly 'kindred' historical phenomena (7) construct and present orally and in writing a historical argument based on the critical analysis of primary and secondary sources.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The seminar attempts a comparative approach to the phenomenon of Revolution in the modern and contemporary eras. The strarting point is the clarification of the concept of 'Revolution', its affinity or otherwise with concepts such as 'insurrection' and 'civil war' and the theorizing attempts by sociologists and political scientists. Such unifying attempts are examined in the light of the analytical tools currently employed by historians to bring out similarities and, more importantly, dissimilarities among diverse historical phenomena that are all labelled as 'revolutions'. The relative and comparartive interpretative radius of theoretical approaches and analytical tools will be testsed in the study of a diverse range of revolutions, streching in time and place from the English and the American Revolutions to the Chinese Revolution, with special attention to the French and the Russian Revolutions.
Keywords
Revolution, USA, France, Russia, USSR, PRC
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Seminars
Laboratory Work
Reading Assigment
Tutorial
Written assigments
Total
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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