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Abstract
We are accustomed to thinking of revolution as the process by which the old order is destroyed and new political institutions and social relations are created. Revolution is commonly thought of as the enemy of tradition. And yet we know too that no revolution, no matter how fundamental and thorough-going, transforms all dimensions of social and political reality. Revolutions are made in human societies which have their own history, and some aspects of the heritage of the past stay constant to serve as the framework within which other aspects of the old order are shattered or transformed beyond recognition.