A recent exchange between Allinson (2019) and Abrams (2019) on the current state of revolution theory rests on the assumption that the generational, backward‐looking view of revolution studies is also a fruitful way of thinking of the field's present and future. We argue, in contrast, that while a generational approach has important benefits, it also contains shortcomings that may lead the future of revolution studies in less fruitful directions. We examine where an overreliance on generational thinking has led us, provide an exploratory sketch of how we can begin to move beyond generational thinking, and imagine a new future for the study of revolution.

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超越时代的思考：革命理论的未来

阿林森（2019）和艾布拉姆斯（2019）之间关于当前革命理论的最新交流是基于这样的假设，即对世代相反的革命研究观点也是该领域当前和未来的富有成果的思考方式。相反，我们认为，虽然世代相传的方法具有重要的好处，但它也包含一些缺点，这些缺点可能会导致革命性研究的未来朝不那么富有成果的方向发展。我们研究了对世代思维的过度依赖导致了什么，为我们如何超越世代思维提供了探索性的草图，并设想了革命研究的新未来。