Table of Contents

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. A psychological perspective on the puzzle of revolution; Part I. Getting to Revolutionary Collective Action; 2. Psychological theories and revolution: Material factors as drivers; 3. Psychological theories and revolution: Subjective factors as drivers; Part II. Regime Change; 4. The tipping-point in regime collapse: Power and authority in transition; 5. Psychological processes underlying revolutionary regime change; 6. Psychological stepping stones to revolution; Part III. What Happens After Regime Change; 7. Behavioral continuity and attempts at perpetual revolution; 8. Cultural carriers and the failure of revolutionaries to shape behavior; 9. The role of personality in revolutions; Part IV. Reevaluating Revolutions; 10. The Illusion-Motivation Model of Revolution; 11. Does human nature doom revolutions?; Afterword: Revolutions as acts of collective creativity; References; Index.

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Presents a compelling analysis of the psychology of revolution for the first time since 1894.

About the Author

Fathali M. Moghaddam is Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, where he served as Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science (2016–21). He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (2014–21). His extensive publications include about thirty books and 300 papers, and he has won a number of prestigious academic awards.