{"id":60,"date":"2018-02-11T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T19:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/?p=60"},"modified":"2018-02-12T11:46:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:46:58","slug":"why-revolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/first-blogging\/why-revolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Revolutions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Revolutions are extraordinary. They are by surprise. They are unpredictable. As <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shah of Shahs<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reads, \u201cRevolt is a great experience, an adventure of the heart.\u201d Revolutions are stimulating, they provide a rush of youthful thought, of unified sacrifice. However, when revolutions end people are lost. They seep into their monotonous lives once again. This can explain why society is always chomping at the bit for revolution. As we\u2019ve discussed in class, at its first opportunity, revolt will occur. This is because people long for that rush of revolt. Why Revolutions? Because for many, revolutions are empowering. They are a way to break the boring trends of everyday life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not only do Revolutions provide an \u201cextraordinary event\u201d as Kapuscinski would say but unify communities of people who normally wouldn\u2019t bat an eye at one another. It is the adrenaline of unified defiance that makes up the tempting allure of Revolution. Furthermore, people will always be enticed by the human connection that revolution forces upon its participants. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Unthinkable Revolution<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reads, \u201cPeople who used to confront each other with hostility&#8230;now, because of their common struggle, have become kinder to each other and treat each other with generosity.\u201d Revolutions require sacrifice and sacrifice requires trust, a trust that is strengthened through connection. Kurzman argues that people are dying to participate, that human nature yearns for the courageous act of participating in rebellion. Revolutions are a vessel for empowerment, unification, connection and agency. As Kapuscinski would say, people will always have that pebble that nags at their side, waiting for the chance to be revolutionary.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revolutions are extraordinary. They are by surprise. They are unpredictable. As Shah of Shahs reads, \u201cRevolt is a great experience, an adventure of the heart.\u201d Revolutions are stimulating, they provide a rush of youthful thought, of unified sacrifice. However, when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/first-blogging\/why-revolutions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1740,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-blogging"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/s18-psci274\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}