Ergebnis für "Revolution der Träume" in Geschichte

Frühling 1848. Scheinbar aus dem Nichts versammelten sich in unzähligen Städten von Palermo bis Paris riesige Menschenmengen, oft in friedlicher, manchmal aber auch in gewalttätiger Absicht. Die politische Ordnung, die seit Napoleons Niederlage in Europa Bestand hatte, brach in sich zusammen. Überall entstanden neue politische Ideen. Es ging um die Rolle der Frau, das Ende der Sklaverei, das Recht auf Arbeit, nationale Unabhängigkeit und die jüdische Emanzipation. Christopher Clark erweckt mit neuen Erkenntnissen die Visionen dieser Epoche und deren Niederschlagung zum Leben.

München, 1918: Nach der Absetzung des Königs liegen mit der neuen Räterepublik plötzlich Pazifismus, direkte Demokratie und sogar die Herrschaft der Fantasie im Bereich des Möglichen. An der Spitze der Bewegung stehen die Schriftsteller Ernst Toller, Gustav Landauer und Erich Mühsam, bei denen nach den Tagen der Euphorie jedoch schnell Ernüchterung folgt. In rasantem Tempo und aus der Perspektive von Beteiligten wie Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Adolf Hitler oder Oskar Maria Graf erzählt Volker Weidermann einen historischer Thriller über ein einzigartiges Ereignis der deutschen Geschichte.

Gleichheit, Freiheit, Brüderlichkeit - die berühmten Ideen der französischen Revolution. Wörter wie Paukenschläge, die die politische Landschaft Europas von Grund auf veränderten. Mit dem Aufstand gegen König und Adel von 1789 wurde das "Acien Regime" gestürzt, die Macht des Absolutismus gebrochen. Ludwig der XVI. starb, wie seine österreichische Frau Marie Antoinette, unter dem Fallbeil der Guillotine.

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In Revolution, Emmanuel Macron, the youngest president in the history of France, reveals his personal story and his inspirations and discusses his vision of France and its future in a new world that is undergoing a "great transformation" that has not been experienced since the invention of the printing press and the Renaissance. This is a remarkable book that seeks to lay the foundations for a new society - a compelling testimony and statement of values by an important political leader who has become the flag-bearer for a new kind of politics.

Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in every sphere of European life by the Dual revolution - the 1789 French revolution and the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain. This enthralling and original account highlights the significant 60 years when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe and when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for half a century.

It is June 1936. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) has finally been granted a visa for asylum in Norway, having been banned first from living in Paris, and then the whole of France. With him comes the draft of The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going?, which is completed and sent to the publishers on the 4th of August. The book, published by Faber in 1937, is considered to be Trotsky’s major work on Stalinism.

This is the third volume in Churchill's famous account. During the long period of 1688 to 1815, three revolutions took place, and all led to war between the British and the French.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical, Hamilton, is as revolutionary as its subject: the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap and claims the origins of the United States for a diverse new generation. Hamilton: The Revolution gives listeners an unprecedented view of both revolutions.

Why did 13 colonies believe they could defeat the most powerful nation on the planet? And how did they eventually manage such an impressive feat? Get the real story on the battle for American independence with Professor Guelzo's 24 gripping lectures.With a focus on the war's strategy, military tactics, logistics, and most fascinating people, these lectures are a must own for anyone curious about the origins of the greatest nation in modern history.

Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality - these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. But if these ideals no longer seem radical today, their origin was very radical indeed - far more so than most historians have been willing to recognize.

For more than 40 years, communism held eight European nations in its iron fist. Yet by the end of 1989, all of these nations had thrown off communism, declared independence, and embarked on the road to democracy.