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I would love to hear more about this analysis of the ontology of revolutions. I can think of instances in history where this seems to be the case (1850s America

I would love to hear more about this analysis of the ontology of revolutions. I can think of instances in history where this seems to be the case (1850s America) but also instances were it does not seem to be the case (The Peasant's Revolt). Do you know of a more nuanced (empirical) approach to predicting or recognizing which instances are driven by the masses, rather than political narrative?

mc32 12y ago
Unfortunately not. This is just what I've heard from students of history not actual experts. It seems like a subject that could do with more analysis --although this would require lots of inference with regard to older revolutions I think