Revolutions, Modernization And Contemporary Civilizations

Abstract

The article addresses one of the fundamental issues in the theory of revolution -the problem of modernization in revolutions. The Modern history took several centuries in the history of mankind and formed a modern society. The transition to the state of Modern society was a revolutionary transition for humanity and often passed through precisely socio-political revolutions. The article is devoted to determining the key modernization consequences of revolutions and is based on an analysis of the sixtyfour revolutions of the XVII-XX centuries and several dozen examples of countries that avoided this socio-political phenomenon. The key problem is to include in the mandatory modernization processes of all revolutions, which structural elements are primary, and which were the result of changes launched by revolutions. The author is looking for answers to questions: what is modernization and how to consider various modernization processes? Are modernization processes integral and characteristic of the phenomenon of revolution? do revolutions necessarily lead to modernization and in what areas? The main conclusion: modernization, if we mean by it the transition from a traditional, rural, agrarian society to a secular, urban, industrial society, was an integral result of all the revolutions that formed modern civilizations.