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A revolution is a drastic change that usually occurs relatively quickly. This may be a change in the Social or Political institutions over a relatively short period of time, or a major change in its Culture or Economy . Some revolutions are led by the majority of the populace of a nation, others by a small band of Revolutionaries . Compare Rebellion . A change in the Status Quo . SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS Political revolutions are often characterized by Violence , and vast changes in power structures that can often result in further, institutionalised, violence, as in the Russian and French revolutions (with the "Purges" and "the Terror", respectively). A ''political'' revolution is the forcible replacement of one set of rulers with another (as happened in France and Russia), while a ''social'' revolution is the fundamental change in the social structure of a society, such as the Protestant Reformation or the Renaissance . However, blurring the line between these two categories, most political revolutions wish to carry out social revolutions, and they have basic philosophical or social underpinnings which drive them. The most common revolutions with such underpinnings in the modern world have been Liberal Revolution s and Communist Revolution s, with the occasional Nationalist revolution. In contrast, a '' Coup D'état '' often seeks to change nothing more than the current ruler. Some Political Philosophers regard revolutions as the means of achieving their goals. Most Anarchists advocate social revolution as the means of breaking down the structures of government and replacing them with non-hierarchal institutions. Among Marxist Communists , there is a split between those who supported the Soviet Union and other so-called ' Communist State s' and those who were/are critical of those states (some even rejecting them as non-communist, see State Capitalism ), for example Trotskyists . Social and political revolutions are often "institutionalised" when the ideas, slogans, and personalities of the revolution continue to play a prominent role in a country's Political Culture , long after the revolution's end. As mentioned, communist nations regularly institutionalise their revolutions to legitimise the actions of their governments. Some non-communist nations, like the United States , France or Mexico also have institutionalised revolutions, and continue to celebrate the memory of their revolutionary past through holidays, artwork, songs, and other venues. Pre-modern revolutions Liberal revolutions Known to Marxists as Bourgeois revolutions. Some of these also known as Atlantic Revolutions . Socialist and/or Communist revolutions Anarchist revolutions In addition to the below, Anarchists influenced many other revolutions, in particular the Mexican Revolution (1910), the Russian Revolution Of 1917 and rebellions such as the May 1968 Revolt . Eastern European anti-Communist/anti-dictatorship revolutions Colour Revolution s After the precedent set by the Georgean Rose Revolution , later revolutions that challenged autoritarian regimes are referred to by a media convention as Colour revolutions. Islamist revolutions CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL REVOLUTIONS
TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS These usually lead to transformations in society, culture and philosophy.
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