Social Psychology of Revolutions

Yurevitch A.V.

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Psychology

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Psychology
2006. Vol. 3, no. 4, 110–132
ISSN: 1813-8918

Social Psychology of Revolutions

Yurevitch A.V.
PhD in Psychology, Deputy director of the Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Science. Corresponding member of Russian Academy of Science., Moscow, Russia
e-mail: yurevich@psychol.ras.ru

The author excoriates the existing tradition of attributing revolutions to political and economic causes. He argues that a complex explanation of revolutions is needed where social-psychological factors are taken into consideration. In the article, social¬psychological factors, the several ways of explaining them, the situation in contemporary Russia, and existing «revolutionary points» are examined. The possibility of revolutions in the contemporary world in general and in Russia in particular is analysed.

For Reference

Yurevitch A.V. Social Psychology of Revolutions . Psychology, 2006. Vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 110–132. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)