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[[File:Kustodiev - Congress of Comintern.JPG|thumb|627x627px|''"Festival of the II Congress of Comintern"'', by [[Boris Kustodiyev]].]] | [[File:Kustodiev - Congress of Comintern.JPG|thumb|627x627px|''"Festival of the II Congress of Comintern"'', by [[Boris Kustodiyev]].]] | ||
< | A '''Revolution''' is the sudden transformation of one societal form to another. Revolution is regarded by [[Marxism|Marxists]] as being one of the motive forces in [[class struggle]] and human development. A social revolution is qualitative change which contitutes the replacement of a [[mode of production]] and [[ruling class]] with another one. Revolutions take on different forms based upon the historical circumstances, such as a [[Bourgeois revolution|bourgeois]] ([[Capitalism|capitalist]]) or [[proletarian revolution]] ([[Socialism|socialist]]).<ref><small>“Revolutions are the locomotives of history, said Marx. [In his work The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850] Revolutions are the festivals of the oppressed and the exploited. At no other time are the masses of the people in a position to come forward so actively as creators of a new social order as at a time of revolution. At such times the people are capable of performing miracles, if judged by the narrow, philistine scale of gradual progress. But the leaders of the revolutionary parties must also make their aims more comprehensive and bold at such a time, so that their slogans shall always be in advance of the revolutionary initiative of the masses, serve as a beacon, reveal to them our democratic and socialist ideal in all its magnitude and splendor and show them the shortest and most direct route to complete, absolute and decisive victory.... We shall be traitors to and betrayers of the revolution if we do not use this festive energy of the masses and their revolutionary ardor to wage a ruthless and self-sacrificing struggle for the direct and decisive path.”</small> <br>—[[Vladimir Lenin]] (1905). [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/tactics/index.htm ''Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution'']. Available on the Marxists Internet</ref> | ||
==Types== | |||
===Proletarian revolution=== | |||
{{Main|Socialist revolution}} | |||
===Bourgeoisie revolution=== | |||
{{Main|Bourgeois revolution}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Revision as of 23:24, 23 September 2024
A Revolution is the sudden transformation of one societal form to another. Revolution is regarded by Marxists as being one of the motive forces in class struggle and human development. A social revolution is qualitative change which contitutes the replacement of a mode of production and ruling class with another one. Revolutions take on different forms based upon the historical circumstances, such as a bourgeois (capitalist) or proletarian revolution (socialist).[1]
Types
Proletarian revolution
Bourgeoisie revolution
See also
References
- ↑ “Revolutions are the locomotives of history, said Marx. [In his work The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850] Revolutions are the festivals of the oppressed and the exploited. At no other time are the masses of the people in a position to come forward so actively as creators of a new social order as at a time of revolution. At such times the people are capable of performing miracles, if judged by the narrow, philistine scale of gradual progress. But the leaders of the revolutionary parties must also make their aims more comprehensive and bold at such a time, so that their slogans shall always be in advance of the revolutionary initiative of the masses, serve as a beacon, reveal to them our democratic and socialist ideal in all its magnitude and splendor and show them the shortest and most direct route to complete, absolute and decisive victory.... We shall be traitors to and betrayers of the revolution if we do not use this festive energy of the masses and their revolutionary ardor to wage a ruthless and self-sacrificing struggle for the direct and decisive path.”
—Vladimir Lenin (1905). Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution. Available on the Marxists Internet