Historical events as transformations of structures: Inventing revolution at the Bastille
@article{Sewell1996HistoricalEA, title={Historical events as transformations of structures: Inventing revolution at the Bastille}, author={W. Sewell}, journal={Theory and Society}, year={1996}, volume={25}, pages={841-881} }
ConclusionJust as the taking of the Bastille led to a cascade of further events, so the theoretical reflections touched off by my analysis of that event has led to a cascade of further reflections. And as the analyst must draw an arbitrary boundary to establish analytical closure to an event, so must I bring to a close an article that still seems to me radically open and unfinished. I believe I have written enough to establish that thinking about historical events as I do here - that is… CONTINUE READING
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Long live the King! Beginnings loom larger than endings of past and recurrent events
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