Революции: взгляд на пятисотлетний тренд

Abstract

The year 2017 was marked not only by the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution but also by five hundred years passed from the start of the Reformation in Germany. It is just from the Reformation that one can account for revolutions in Europe and world. The first part of the article analyzes the range of transformations of revolutions in the course of historical development; in particular, the ways their role in the world history, social basis, revolutionary ideologies and practices and used information means would change over these centuries. It is also shown which important changes in revolutionary practices and the very essence of revolution were brought by every great revolution. While considering these aspects and also in the second part of the article the author touches some issues connected with the theory of revolutions. In particular, the author classifies revolutions starting from religious to modernization ones and considers some important causes of revolutions. In the final part, the author speaks about how and why revolutions starting from a certain moment are more actively used as geopolitical means.