Useful online resources Bureau of Military History at Military Service Pensions Collection at Selection of texts on the Russian revolution at Selection of texts by Lenin and Trotsky at Primary sources on Soviet History at Bela Kun archive at Indicative Lecture Title Brief Description Content The rise of nationalism as a challenge The students will be introduced to the to the imperial order dawning of, what one historian has described as, an of and ‘age hyperactive nationalism’ the literature that seeks to explain this phenomenon as well as to the imperial responses to these new developments. Youth and revolutionary mentalities The students will examine the value of the idea of a in ‘revolutionary generation’, Ireland and Europe, bonded by their youth, a shared intent upon radical change and a shared rejection of their world. They elders’ will explore the factors that a ‘made’ such generation, including early manifestations of paramilitarism. War and Revolution The students will explore the relationship of the First World War to revolution. To what extent was war the mid-wife of revolution in this period? To what extent were imperial responses determined by the war context? Paramilitarism and Violence The students will investigate the relationship of paramilitarism to violence pre- and War One. Such violence marked not only Ireland but many of the former territories of or Europe’s collapsed collapsing empires Non-violent revolutionary strategies The students will interrogate the role of forms of revolutionary activity. They will look at various forms of ‘public and passive defiance’, propaganda, resistance, including prison protest. Servants of the The students will analyse the consequences ‘old order’ of revolution for servants of the old order, in particular employees of the pre-revolutionary state. Were they driven from their jobs and public life or did revolution see the pouring of wine into new ‘old bottles’? Revolution and everyday life The students will assess the effects of revolution upon the lives of non-participants. How was everyday life of civilians children – for example - impacted upon and how did they respond? National or Social revolution The students will assess the extent to which revolutions were underpinned by a desire to overthrow the social as well as the political order? How did this vary from place to place? What characteristics distinguished
Useful online resources Bureau of Military History at Military Service Pensions Collection at Selection of texts on the Russian revolution at Selection of texts by Lenin and Trotsky at Primary sources on Soviet History at Bela Kun archive at Indicative Content Lecture Title Brief Description The rise of nationalism as a challenge to the imperial order The students will be introduced to the dawning of, what one historian has described as, an ‘age of hyperactive nationalism’ and the literature that seeks to explain this phenomenon as well as to the imperial responses to these new developments. Youth and revolutionary mentalities The students will examine the value of the idea of a ‘revolutionary generation’, in Ireland and Europe, bonded by their youth, a shared intent upon radical change and a shared rejection of their elders’ world. They will explore the factors that ‘made’ such a generation, including early manifestations of paramilitarism. War and Revolution The students will explore the relationship of the First World War to revolution. To what extent was war the mid-wife of revolution in this period? To what extent were imperial responses determined by the war context? Paramilitarism and Violence The students will investigate the relationship of paramilitarism to violence pre- and War One. Such violence marked not only Ireland but many of the former territories of Europe’s collapsed or collapsing empires Non-violent revolutionary strategies The students will interrogate the role of forms of revolutionary activity. They will look at various forms of ‘public defiance’, propaganda, and passive resistance, including prison protest. Servants of the ‘old order’ The students will analyse the consequences of revolution for servants of the old order, in particular employees of the pre-revolutionary state. Were they driven from their jobs and public life or did revolution see the pouring of ‘old wine into new bottles’? Revolution and everyday life The students will assess the effects of revolution upon the lives of non-participants. How was everyday life of civilians – children for example - impacted upon and how did they respond? National or Social revolution The students will assess the extent to which revolutions were underpinned by a desire to overthrow the social as well as the political order? How did this vary from place to place? What characteristics distinguished
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