Revolutions are melancholy moments in history--brief gasps of
hope that emerges from misery and disillusionment. This is true for
great revolutions, like 1789 in France or 1917 in Russia, but
applies to lesser political upheavals as well. Conflict builds into
a state of tense confrontation, like a powder keg. When a spark is
thrown, an explosion takes place and the old edifice begins to
crumble. People are caught up in an initial mood of elation, but it
does not last. Normality catches up.
Why do revolutions occur? In this completely revised edition of
The Modern Social Conflict, Ralf Dahrendorf explores the basis and
substance of social and class conflict. Ultimately, he finds that
conflicts are about enhancing life chances; that is, they concern
the options people have within a framework of social linkages, the
ties that bind a society, which Dahrendorf calls ligatures. The
book offers a concise and accessible account of conflict's
contribution to democracies, and how democracies must change if
they are to retain their political and social freedom. This new
edition takes conflict theory past the fall of the Berlin Wall in
1989 and into the present day.
Upon publication of the original 1988 edition, Stanley Hoffmann
stated, "Ralf Dahrendorf is one of the most original and
experienced social and political writers of our time. . . . this
book] is both a survey of social and political conflict in Western
societies from the eighteenth century to the present and a tract
for a new 'radical liberalism.'" And Saul Friedlander wrote, "Ralf
Dahrendorf has written a compelling book . . . the brilliant
contribution of a convinced liberal to the study of conflict within
contemporary democratic society."
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