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We live in an age of revolutions. The concept of a revolution itself is ever-present, malleable, and promising. We are so constantly inundated with the idea that one wonders how such a seemingly singular concept can continue to mean anything. Revolution is found in historical scholarship, popular advertising for nutritional supplements, on television, and on and on and on. Revolutions are everywhere...
The word "revolution" is a human tool. At any point in time, its meaning has shifted to accommodate those wielding it. By establishing a site like this - Age of Revolutions - we are participating in the humanities, surveying revolutionary changes in history, encouraging the comparative study of revolutions, and exploring the hopes imbued in the term "revolution."
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