Revolutionary

Revolutionary

A revolutionary, when used as a noun, is a person who either actively engages in some kind of revolution, or advocates the revolution, with recognition from some government or party which is effectively carrying out a revolution of the same category [ [http://ardictionary.com/Revolutionary/5872"ARD] ] . The term is usually applied to political revolutionaries or social. revolutionaries, and less frequently used to revolutionary scientists, inventors, and artists. In the political context, the term "revolutionary" is often used in contrast to the term reformist. While a revolutionary is someone who supports abrupt change, a reformist is someone who supports more gradual change. When used as an adjective, "revolutionary" refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor. Political revolutionaries may be classified in two ways:

# According to the "goals" of the revolution they propose. Usually, these goals are part of a certain ideology. In theory, each ideology could generate its own brand of revolutionaries. In practice, most political revolutionaries have been either liberals, nationalists, socialists, communists, fascists or anarchists.
# According to the "methods" they propose to use. This divides revolutionaries in two broad groups: Those who advocate a violent revolution, and those who are pacifists. Amongst the best known examples of these two types of revolutionaries are Che Guevara and Mahatma Gandhi, respectively [Davies(1997)] .

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*cite book| first=James Chowning |last=Davies |publisher=Transaction Books |title=When Men Revolt and Why|date=1997 |isbn=156000939x

ee also

* American Revolutionary War
* Communist revolution
* Counter-revolution
* Cuban Revolution
* French Revolution
* Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
* Orange Revolution
* Paradigm shift
* Professional revolutionaries
* Radicalism (historical)
* Radicalization
* Revolution
* Revolutionary movement
* Revolution (political group)
* Russian Revolution
* Revolutionary socialism
* Velvet Revolution


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