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The neo-Hegelian theory of European revolutions as developed by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1938) considers major revolutions, from the Crusades to the Bolshevik Revolution, as parts of a single time/space structure. It holds that each revolution provoked the next by implanting so-called "pressure points" abroad, while shaping the culture of an era & a particular national character in the country of origin. In the postwar East-West confrontation, this structure supposedly achieved its final shape. It is argued that the finality of this universal history can be transcended if social innovations resulting from the earlier revolutions are recognized as paving the way for the emergence & growth of capital. From about 1800, all revolutions faced an existing universalism of capital, connected to an English-speaking heartland, which constrained their development. With the end of the Cold War, revolutions establishing national/regional identities are no longer trapped in this geopolitical stalemate; current struggles against globalization may mark the first such revolution. 47 References. Adapted from the source document.