February 2012
1 post
1789, 1979, and all that...
The French revolution in 1789 not only set the template for what a revolution is supposed to look like, it also created most categories of understanding contemporary social change. Our notions of left v. right come from it, as do our notions of reform/reaction/revolution.
A common interpretation of the Iranian revolution in 1979 is that it was the first revolution which was categorically...