"Revolutionist" redirects here. For the Hemingway short story, see The Revolutionist.
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution.[1] The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.
The term—both as a noun and adjective—is usually applied to the field of politics, but is also occasionally used in the context of science, invention or art. In politics, a revolutionary is someone who supports abrupt, rapid, and drastic change, usually replacing the status quo, while a reformist is someone who supports more gradual and incremental change, often working within the system. In that sense, revolutionaries may be considered radical, while reformists are moderate by comparison. Moments which seem revolutionary on the surface may end up reinforcing established institutions. Likewise, evidently small changes may lead to revolutionary consequences in the long term. Thus the clarity of the distinction between revolution and reform is more conceptual than empirical.
A conservative is someone who generally opposes such changes. A reactionary is someone who wants things to go back to the way they were before the change has happened (and when this return to the past would represent a major change in and of itself, reactionaries can simultaneously be revolutionaries). A revolution is also not the same as a coup d'etat: while a coup usually involves a small group of conspirators violently seizing control of government, a revolution implies mass participation and popular legitimacy. Again, the distinction is often clearer conceptually than empirically.
Revolution and ideology
According to sociologist James Chowning Davies, 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 anarchists, communists, socialists, Islamists, syndicalists, or nationalists.
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.
"The revolutionary is a doomed man. He has no private interests, no affairs, sentiments, ties, property nor even a name of his own. His entire being is devoured by one purpose, one thought, one passion - the revolution. Heart and soul, not merely by word but by deed, he has severed every link with the social order and with the entire civilized world; with the laws, good manners, conventions, and morality of that world. He is its merciless enemy and continues to inhabit it with only one purpose - to destroy it."[2][3]
According to Che Guevara,[4] "the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a true revolutionary lacking in this quality."[5] According to the Marxist Internet Archive, a revolutionary "amplif[ies] the differences and conflicts caused by technological advances in society. Revolutionaries provoke differences and violently ram together contradictions within a society, overthrowing the government through the rising to power of the class they represent. After destructing the old order, revolutionaries help build a new government that adheres to the emerging social relationships that have been made possible by the advanced productive forces."[6]
^Killer Images: Documentary Film, Memory and the Performance of Violence by Joram ten Brink, Joshua Oppenheimer, Columbia University Press, 2012, page 84
^Guevara, Che (12 March 1965). "From Algiers, for Marcha. The Cuban Revolution Today". Letter to Quijano, Carlos. Marxist Internet Archive. from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^"Glossary of Terms: Revolutionary". Marxist Internet Archive. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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Revolutionist redirects here For the Hemingway short story see The Revolutionist A revolutionary is a person who either participates in or advocates a revolution 1 The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to refer to something that has a major sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor Contents 1 Definition 2 Revolution and ideology 2 1 Anarchism 2 2 Marxism Leninism 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDefinition Edit The Red Guards the group of Finnish revolutionaries during the 1918 Finnish Civil War in Tampere Finland The term both as a noun and adjective is usually applied to the field of politics but is also occasionally used in the context of science invention or art In politics a revolutionary is someone who supports abrupt rapid and drastic change usually replacing the status quo while a reformist is someone who supports more gradual and incremental change often working within the system In that sense revolutionaries may be considered radical while reformists are moderate by comparison Moments which seem revolutionary on the surface may end up reinforcing established institutions Likewise evidently small changes may lead to revolutionary consequences in the long term Thus the clarity of the distinction between revolution and reform is more conceptual than empirical A conservative is someone who generally opposes such changes A reactionary is someone who wants things to go back to the way they were before the change has happened and when this return to the past would represent a major change in and of itself reactionaries can simultaneously be revolutionaries A revolution is also not the same as a coup d etat while a coup usually involves a small group of conspirators violently seizing control of government a revolution implies mass participation and popular legitimacy Again the distinction is often clearer conceptually than empirically Revolution and ideology EditAccording to sociologist James Chowning Davies 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 anarchists communists socialists Islamists syndicalists or nationalists 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 Anarchism Edit See also AnarchismThe revolutionary anarchist Sergey Nechayev argued in Catechism of a Revolutionary The revolutionary is a doomed man He has no private interests no affairs sentiments ties property nor even a name of his own His entire being is devoured by one purpose one thought one passion the revolution Heart and soul not merely by word but by deed he has severed every link with the social order and with the entire civilized world with the laws good manners conventions and morality of that world He is its merciless enemy and continues to inhabit it with only one purpose to destroy it 2 3 Marxism Leninism Edit See also Marxism Leninism According to Che Guevara 4 the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love It is impossible to think of a true revolutionary lacking in this quality 5 According to the Marxist Internet Archive a revolutionary amplif ies the differences and conflicts caused by technological advances in society Revolutionaries provoke differences and violently ram together contradictions within a society overthrowing the government through the rising to power of the class they represent After destructing the old order revolutionaries help build a new government that adheres to the emerging social relationships that have been made possible by the advanced productive forces 6 See also EditAmerican Civil War 1911 Revolution American Revolution Armchair revolutionary Conservative Revolution Counter revolutionary Counterculture of the 1960s Cuban Revolution Cultural Revolution February Revolution French Revolution German Revolution of 1918 1919 Iranian Revolution Irish revolutionary period Mexican Revolution National syndicalism October Revolution Permanent revolution Reformation Revolutionary movement Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Revolutionary nationalism Revolutionary socialism Revolutionary song Revolutionary terror Revolutionary wave Russian Revolution Spanish Revolution of 1936 World revolutionReferences Edit ARD Archived 2011 06 07 at Wikiwix Nechayev Archived 2008 10 18 at the Wayback Machine Spartacus Educational website by John Simkin Sergey Nechayev 1869 The Revolutionary Catechism Archived 2017 02 06 at the Wayback Machine Killer Images Documentary Film Memory and the Performance of Violence by Joram ten Brink Joshua Oppenheimer Columbia University Press 2012 page 84 Guevara Che 12 March 1965 From Algiers for Marcha The Cuban Revolution Today Letter to Quijano Carlos Marxist Internet Archive Archived from the original on 23 March 2008 Retrieved 22 December 2022 Glossary of Terms Revolutionary Marxist Internet Archive Retrieved 22 December 2022 External links EditCastro Revolutionary as Celebrity slideshow by LIFE magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Revolutionary amp oldid 1150417906, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
