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We've thought about what we mean by the 'modern world'. What doe we mean by 'revolution'?

We've thought about what we mean by the 'modern world'. What doe we mean by 'revolution'?.

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We've thought about what we mean by the 'modern world'. What doe we mean by 'revolution'?

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  1. We've thought about what we mean by the 'modern world'. What doe we mean by 'revolution'? REFORM: Change within the system. Solving problems in parts of our society, using other elements of our society. Eg, we solve climate change using an Act of Parliament.REVOLUTION: Change of the system. Creating a wholly new society because the problem is so fundamental that our using our current problem-solving methods will only perpetuate the problem. Eg, Climate change is addressed by a dictatorship of the scientists who sieze power through the use of violence.

  2. Reform vs. Revolution • REFORM: ‘Neurath’s analogy’ ; “We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support. In this way, by using the old beams and driftwood the ship can be shaped entirely anew, but only by gradual reconstruction.” • REVOLUTION: To continue, Neurath's analogy, the Revolutionary argues we must go on to dry land and start again on a whole new boat because piecemeal tinkering at sea will just reproduce the same faults.

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