Revolution
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| A '''revolution''' (from [[Vulgar Latin|Late Latin]] ''revolutio'' which means "a turn around") is a significant [[change]] that usually occurs in a relatively short period of time. Variously defined revolutions have been happening throughout [[human history]]. They vary in terms of numbers of their participants ([[revolutionary|revolutionaries]]), means employed by them, duration, motivating [[ideology]] and many other aspects. They may result in a [[social change|socio]]-[[political change]] in the [[social institution|socio]]-[[political institution]]s, or a major change in a [[culture]] or [[economics|economy]]. | A '''revolution''' (from [[Vulgar Latin|Late Latin]] ''revolutio'' which means "a turn around") is a significant [[change]] that usually occurs in a relatively short period of time. Variously defined revolutions have been happening throughout [[human history]]. They vary in terms of numbers of their participants ([[revolutionary|revolutionaries]]), means employed by them, duration, motivating [[ideology]] and many other aspects. They may result in a [[social change|socio]]-[[political change]] in the [[social institution|socio]]-[[political institution]]s, or a major change in a [[culture]] or [[economics|economy]]. | ||
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A revolution (from Late Latin revolutio which means "a turn around") is a significant change that usually occurs in a relatively short period of time. Variously defined revolutions have been happening throughout human history. They vary in terms of numbers of their participants (revolutionaries), means employed by them, duration, motivating ideology and many other aspects. They may result in a socio-political change in the socio-political institutions, or a major change in a culture or economy.
Scholarly debates about what is and what is not a revolution center around several issues. Early study of revolutions primarily analyzed events in European history from psychological perspective, soon however new theories were offered using explanations for more global events and using works from other social sciences such as sociology and political sciences. Several generations of scholarly thought have generated many competing theories on revolutions, gradually increasing our understanding of this complex phenomenon.
See also
- Political warfare
- Psychological warfare
- Rebellion
- Revolutionary wave
- Right of revolution
- Sexual revolution
- Subversion
Lists of revolutions
- List of fictional revolutions and coups
- List of revolutions and rebellions
- List of uprisings led by women
