tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post1180420222946316777..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Radicals, activists, and reformersDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-25169405284508946262019-09-04T00:48:03.360-04:002019-09-04T00:48:03.360-04:00"The revolutionary is an architect of change,..."The revolutionary is an architect of change, not just a radical activist. The revolutionary wants to sweep away the bad institutions and social relations of the present. And the revolutionary has a vision of the new society which the movement is aiming at creating. The revolutionary is intellectually committed to the achievement of a concrete social order that is better than the present; and this means he/she is committed to demonstrating the feasibility of the new order."<br /><br />Very well written. I would add that the revolutionary isn't a product of society and therefore is self taught unlike the rebel(radical activist) and the reformer.<br /><br />"So the revolutionary, like the liberal reformer, needs to be a social engineer making good use of historical insights and social analysis into the ways that social change works."<br /><br />Do you think it's justifiable for a revolutionary to avoid their destiny for fear of being killed while in the process of social change?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-78891253667342566512015-11-12T06:18:54.477-05:002015-11-12T06:18:54.477-05:00Well done. Clear and prescient now and future. It ...Well done. Clear and prescient now and future. It all comes down to intent, discipline and commitment. Past polities where driven, even created, from conditions and perceptions therein. Harnessing thought to action without excess is the goal, based upon different past examples. Change? Beware.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com