Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Jack Goldstone

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 has 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 were like Allison, you better not get any politics in my science program. I do think that you should leave. It's gonna get political, it'll get historical. There's a lot of weird shit going on, Sonny Boy, and I am a mere cat.

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