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Clarence Crane Brinton (Winsted, Connecticut, 1898 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968) fue un historiador estadounidense, especializado en historia de Francia y en historia de las ideas. Su obra más conocida, The Anatomy of Revolution (Anatomía de la revolución), compara la dinámica de los movimientos revolucionarios.

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الكتاب عبارة عن دراسة تحليلية لأربعة ثورات كبرى في تاريخ العالم (الثورة الأمريكية - الفرنسية - الإنجليزية - الروسية) حاول فيه مؤلف الكتاب وضع مسار أو منهجية من الأحداث الرئيسية أو المراحل التي تسير عليها الثورات.

وبدأ ذلك بتحليل ميول مجتمع يسبق ثورة كبرى، وهو يرى أنه يجمع بين التوترات الاجتماعية والسياسية بسبب التدهور التدريجي لقيم المجتمع.

وقد أحسنَ جداً مترجم الكتاب -سمير الجلبي- في وضع مقدمة تحتوي فكرة هذا الكتاب تقريباً، وتشتمل على المراحل الرئيسية التي تمر بها الثورات من خلال تحليل المؤلف.

ومن الصعوبات التي تواجه قارئ هذا الكتاب: كثرة المصطلحات وأسماء الفرق والأحزاب والتوجهات .. وذكر تفصيلات عنها، تستلزم معرفة مسبقة بها من جانب القارئ .. وعدم معرفتها تسبب نوع من التشتت -لولا وجود المقدمة الجيدة- ، وتؤثر على قدر الاستفادة من الكتاب.

يَخلُص المؤلف من تحليله ذلك إلى سير أحداث ومراحل الثورة، حتى يعود النظام القديم مرة أخرى .. في هذا النص:

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(on the cover) "This book is the concluding half of IDEAS AND MEN, a remarkable history of western thought from the classical times to the present. THE SHAPING OF THE MODERN MIND, with a special introduction by Professor Brinton, is a self-contained volume that covers the peroid since the Renaissance."

5494. The Lives of Talleyrand, by Crane Brinton (read 19 Aug 2017) This is a biography but it much prefers to expatiate on argument trying to show that though Talleyrand was not a good man he did good work for France, pointing out how much better France was treated at the Congress of Vienna than Germany was treated in 1919 at Versailles. The author tells of this well and one has to conclude that indeed Talleyrand did a good job for his country at Vienna. That showing is of interest but the many pages of discussion--two long chapters after telling of Talleyrand's death in 1839--make the book not a pleasant reading experience.

The author proposes an outline and then does not adhere to it. What results is endless backtracking and melange. He devotes eight chapters to material that could be delivered in four or five.

Unfortunately the narrator of this book was not to my liking, far to stilted, in fact the overwrought British accent sounded somewhat fake. In any case the content did win out and I ended up really enjoying this book. It was a great way to follow The Tudors as it filled in the period leading up to there. The fascinating thing about the middle ages is how that is the period the world as we know it today was really formed, the nations, their characters and habits all derive from here. For that reason I find it much more interesting than modern history, it goes back to the source of why modern history unfolded that way. There are so many facets of this period that are complete blanks for me I was happy that the book was so expansive covering the history of all civilised peoples of the middle ages. Well worth it!

410. Ideas and Men: The Story of Western Thought, by Crane Brinton (read 2 Feb 1952) I finished reading this on Feb 2, 1952, and said of it: Don't know if I got very much out of this book but at least it does serve to put me back at a more abstruse level . I am in danger of forgetting all i know unless I take steps to expand my knowledge of philosophy. This book, tracing the history of Western thought, was a not too interesting account of philosophical, sociological, and political thought through the years, beginning with the Greeks.

Essential for the study of revolutions. First published in 1938, revised regularly through the next decades.

4459. A Decade of Revolution 1789-1799, by Crane Brinton (read 14 Jul 2008) This is a book, published in 1934, in the series The Rise of Modern Europe. It is much heavier on analysis than on narrative history, and so its age does show and I thought detracted from its significance, at least for me. He is rather dismissive of religion which did not endear him to me. But I do not regret reading the book. It is only the 6th volume in the series I have read but that I will read all 18 volumes is very doubtful.

While his concepts are dated, Crane Brinton's work provides a very clear and concise method for analyzing and comparing Revolutions. It is a fun way to introduce Historiography.

The Bible of Revolutionary Theory. Everything that has been written on the subject since its publication is firmly rooted in Brinton's work.

Brinton examines four major revolutions -- English, American, French, and Russian -- using the imagery of a disease. He proceeds through the stages of the disease, the onset, the fever, the aftermath / recovery and shows how revolutions have a chartible lifespan as well. While the specific details are not predictable the overall shape of the process is.