George C. Comninel
 
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Courses
POLS 3020
Utopia, Power and
Sovereignty

(Taught by other faculty in 2009/10)

Readings
POLS 3025
A Century of Revolution

(Taught by Professor
Ross Rudolph in 2009/10)

Readings
POLS 4090
Classical Marxist Thought

(Taught by Dr. Marcello Musto in 2009/10)
  Readings

Recommended Bibliography
POLS 6030 / SPT 6101
Theory and Practice
of the State in Historical Perspective

Readings
Recommended Bibliography
Main Politics Website
George C. Comninel
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science

Ross S669
Ph: 416-736-2100 x20266 or x33197
comninel@yorku.ca
BA (Cornell); MA (York); PhD (York)
Research Interests:

Political Theory in Historical and Social Context
Politics, Ideology, and Class in the French Revolution
Marxist Theory
Theories of Historical State Formation and Economic Development
Revolutions and Revolutionary Theories

Selected Publications:

Rethinking the French Revolution:  Marxism and the Revisionist Challenge, (London:  Verso Books, 1987).

“Historical Materialist Sociology and Revolutions.” In Gerard Delanty and Engin Isin, (eds.),  Handbook of Historical Sociology, London: Sage, 2003.

“Revolution in History: The Communist Manifesto in Context.”  In Douglas Moggach and Paul Leduc Browne (eds.), The Revolutions of 1848: A Contested Legacy, Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 2000.

“Marx’s Context.” History of Political Thought, vol. XXI, n. 3, Autumn 2000.

 “English Feudalism and the Origins of Capitalism.” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 27, n. 4, July 2000.

Current Project:

The Feudal Origins of Modern Europe (expected publication 2009).