Social Revolutionaries believed the force to overthrow the czar's would come from the peasants. Their goal was that government that would distribute the land fairly among the peasants. They wanted to replace the czar with a democratically elected government. The Social Democrats convinced futu...

Social Revolutionaries believed the force to overthrow the czar's would come from the peasants. Their goal was that government that would distribute the land fairly among the peasants. They wanted to replace the czar with a democratically elected government. The Social Democrats convinced fu...

Communism had taken off in Russia, when George Orwell decided to write Animal Farm. Orwell was very critical of communism and the Russian revolution. Animal Farm was a means by which he could express his opinions. Although Animal Farm is presented as a simple fable, where a group of animals overthro...

In this chapter we learn about the Second Great Awakening, but more specifically, the impact it had on people, and the class of people it impacted the most. In our first excerpt, which is the only secondary source, we read from Paul E. Johnson who believes the second revival of religion in the Roc...

Interpellation, according to Althusser, is a hailing by social ideologies that form 'individuals' into 'subjects' by forcing social identities upon them. This primarily occurs through Ideological State Apparatuses (ISA), including the family, education and mass media. It is thr...

Conservatism, liberalism and socialism can be called ideologies, as they constitute "comprehensive set of beliefs and attitudes about social and economic institutions and processes" (Lawson, 44). These three ideologies, which have been developed throughout history, share both similarities and differ...

The novel Animal Farm is a satire on the Russian revolution, and therefore full of symbolism. General Orwell associates certain real characters with the characters of the book. Here is a list of the characters and things and their meaning: Mr Jones: the farmer Mr Jones stands for the Russian Tsar N...

Conservatism, liberalism and socialism can be called ideologies, as they constitute "comprehensive set of beliefs and attitudes about social and economic institutions and processes" (Lawson, 44). These three ideologies, which have been developed throughout history, share both similarities and diffe...

Vladimir Lenin, a political leader of the Russian revolution was born on the 20th of April 1870, in the Russian town of Simbirisk. His real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. He was the third child in a family of six. His father was a school inspector and they lived comfortably, They had a pleasant,...