21H.001 How to Stage a Revolution, Fall 2007
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Author(s)
Ravel, Jeffrey S.
Jacobs, Meg
Perdue, Peter C.
Broadhead, William
Alternative Title
How to Stage a Revolution
Date Issued
December 2007
Abstract
21H.001, a HASS-D, CI course, explores fundamental questions about the causes and nature of revolutions. How do people overthrow their rulers? How do they establish new governments? Do radical upheavals require bloodshed, violence, or even terror? How have revolutionaries attempted to establish their ideals and realize their goals? We will look at a set of major political transformations throughout the world and across centuries to understand the meaning of revolution and evaluate its impact. By the end of the course, students will be able to offer reasons why some revolutions succeed and others fail. Materials for the course include the writings of revolutionaries, declarations and constitutions, music, films, art, memoirs, and newspapers.
Subjects
insurgents
war
freedom fighters
independence
self-determination
emancipation
revolution
Mao
Lenin
Reagan
L'Ouverture
reactionary
imperialism
human rights
democracy
populism
Communism
equality
nationalism
resistance
ideology
subversion
underground
suppression
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
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