Final Reflection: What Is A Revolution?

Final Reflection What is a Revolution Name Course Tutors Name Date Final Reflection What is a Revolution The question what is a revolution is best understood by considering what is and what a revolution is not. One view is that a revolution is a violent change to government, regime or society by communal solidarity. It is not a precondition that all revolutions must involve mass mobilisationsand violence. Revolutionary change can be achieved based on non-violent but massive mobilisation.Violence in the context of revolution does not mean force but force of unnecessary intensity and destructiveness. This view of a revolution is certainly broad. A more restricted view could describe a revolution as a major political and social upheaval brought about when a critical mass of people realise that the status quo is rotten and irredeemable. The objective of the revolution therefore is to sweep everything away and replace it with something totally new (Tilly, 2017). However I will go with the broader definition because it allow for a clear distinction between a revolution and seizure of power that leads to replacement of one government or regime with another. A replacement of ruling personnel through violence is outside the definition of a