Revolution

Revolution

A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Aristotle described two types of political revolution:

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    “The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man ... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.”
    —Jean Genet (1910–1986)

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