Storming the Bastille. Facing off with tanks. Canceling a streaming subscription. We’re talking protests, boycotts, insurrections, and demonstrations. Scholar, professor, and actual real life Revolutionologist Dr. Jack Goldstone lays out the whys – and the hows. What revolts have been the gold standard? How has social media impacted social change? What happens when you install the wrong new leader? Does non-violent protest work? And how does one go about orchestrating big social change? Also: defining facism, antifacism, anti-antifacism, and dusting off your guitar. Follow Dr. Goldstone on Google ScholarBuy his book, Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (Second Edition), on Bookshop.org or AmazonDonations went to City of Hope in honor of Rita Saleman and to the Hand of Salvation Initiative in Gaza More episode sources and linksOther episodes you may enjoy: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY), Nomology (THE CONSTITUTION), FIELD TRIP: Activism Art Panel Recorded at WonderCon, Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT), Classical Archaeology (ANCIENT ROME), Agnotology (IGNORANCE), Critical Ecology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT), Economic Sociology (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS), Vexillology (FLAGS)400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topicSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesSponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Oh, hi. It's that lady standing in the rain. Allie Ward, here's ologies, here's revolutions. Revolutionology, it is indeed a word. The word revolution itself dates back to hundreds of years coming from the orbit of the planets around the sun. So revolutions and wheels that spin and things coming back around again.
So let's talk about it with someone who is recognized globally as one of the leading experts in revolutions and social change. He did his undergrad, his master's and PhD at Harvard University. He's authored or edited over 20 books, including Revolutions, A Very Short Introduction, which has a revised second edition that we'll link in the show notes. He's published...
300 papers, including recent bangers like classical liberalism versus populism and authoritarianism, the struggle for modern democracy. And when it comes to asking someone more intelligent than you can fathom how governments rise and fall, he is the most solid choice. And if you are like Allison, you better not get any politics in my science program. I do think that you should leave.
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Okay, let's hear the whys of revolutions, the hows of revolutions, what revolts have been the gold standard, how that's changed over time, social media and social change, how protests are squashed before they really start, storming the Bastille, facing off tanks,
the creep of regime change, the forces behind the scenes, what happens when you install the wrong new leader, the rhetoric that moves revolutions along, violent revolutions, nonviolent ones, which one is more effective, fascism, anti-fascism, anti-anti-fascism, folk songs, college kids, and so much more with scholar, author, professor, social change expert, and actual real-life revolutionologist, Dr. Jack Goldstone.
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