Types and causes of revolutions ; revolutionary violence

The central thrust of this conference is to examine the general conditions of a revolution and its place between theoretical thought and historical flux. Particular attention will be paid to classical independence revolutions in the USA, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Nationalist" independence revolutions will be examined separately, based on the cases of Greece, Ireland, India, Vietnam, Algeria and certain African countries. We will also analyze the violence surrounding revolutions, i.e. anti-revolutionary repression, revolutionary "militancy", the violence of revolutionary governments, civil war and international war.