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revolutions  

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  • Revolution: in modern times, the fact or idea of violent, abrupt, or radical change. In the philosophical discourse of modernity, the idea of revolution is associated with sociology's view that contemporary institutions and culture are the result of the three great revolutions—the French, American, and Industrial. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Revolution]

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