الثورة القادمة: تاريخ الفكرة من ثوقيديدس إلى لينين

Dan Edelstein, professor of French language, political science, and history at Stanford University, recently released the book "The Coming Revolution: A History of the Idea from Thucydides to Lenin" in more than 430 pages. The book is a broad tour in which Edelstein ventures through ancient and modern eras together, tracing the development of the idea of ​​revolution politically, monitoring the understanding of ancient and modern thinkers of it. According to what John Ikenberry summarizes in Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2025, the book is a broad tour in which Edelstein explores ancient and modern times together, tracing the development of the idea of ​​revolution politically, monitoring the understanding of it by ancient and modern thinkers. Naturally, Greek and Roman thinkers play large roles in this narrative, as they shaped the way political theorists in the early modern West would talk about laws, institutions, and republican rule. Edelstein says, "Until the 18th century, revolution remained considered a 'disruptive' political change that could best be avoided through good design of political institutions. Then a major shift occurred with the French Revolution, which caused the emergence of the 'modern' vision of political unrest as a vehicle for development and human progress. In the 20th century, political thought related to revolution changed again with the coming of the Bolsheviks in Russia and the violence and repression that resulted from it." Edelstein highlights “the fundamental dilemma at the heart of ancient and modern revolutions, which is that the social conflicts that spark political unrest do not disappear in the wake of the revolution, even if the revolution sweeps away the political institutions that must be swept to promote consensus and consensus.”