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Lachman and Butterfield were among the first to imply that cognitive psychology has a revolutionary origin. [23] Thomas H. Leahey has criticized the idea that the introduction of behaviorism and the cognitive revolution were actually revolutions and proposed an alternative history of American psychology as "a narrative of research traditions."
A revolutionary movement can be non-violent, although it is less common than not. [6] [8] Revolutionary movements usually have a wider repertoire of contention than non-revolutionary ones. [6] Five crucial factors to the development and success of a revolutionary movements include: [6] mass discontent leading to popular uprisings
A regime may become vulnerable to revolution due to a recent military defeat, or economic chaos, or an affront to national pride and identity, or pervasive repression and corruption. [2] Revolutions typically trigger counter-revolutions which seek to halt revolutionary momentum, or to reverse the course of an ongoing revolutionary ...
Charles Tilly with this book From Mobilization to Revolution is given as an example of a political conflict theory. He argues that groups with resources competed for political power, and that changes in access to resources could result in revolution. [13] Chalmers Johnson with his book Revolutionary Change, discusses a value-based model ...
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. [1] The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society.
A democratic revolution is a political science term denoting a revolution in which a democracy is instituted, replacing a previous non-democratic government, or in which revolutionary change is brought about through democratic means. According to Tocqueville, a democracy, as well as other forms of regimes, is a social condition. It holds a ...
In Marxist terminology, a revolutionary situation is a political situation indicative of a possibility of a revolution. The concept was introduced by Vladimir Lenin in 1913, in his article "Маёвка революционного пролетариата" [1] (Mayovka of the Revolutionary Proletariat). In the article two conditions for a ...
In psychology, the term revolutionary coalition describes the formation of a within a larger group with the purpose of altering or disrupting existing authority structures. [1] These efforts also typically aim for “a radical and pervasive change in the functioning and structure of the group or organization.” [ 2 ]