Book introduction, "Revolution" by Minoru Nakano

I am honoured to be given this book by Professor Nakano 1988. The book that i received was a Chinese translation of his book. It is a thorough study of revolution. It covers the history, background, enabling conditions, stages, sizes, consequences, etc of evolutions. (Unfortunately, I cannot find the year of original publication in the translation.)

Below is an extract from the book. It summarises the conditions under which revolution will take place. These include economical, social, political and cultural conditions.

革命 (翻譯版) / (日本) 中野實著 / 於小薇 譯 / 經濟日報出版社 1991 翻譯自日本版：豬口孝主編<現代政治學叢書>，日本東京大學出版會 (出版年份不詳) 革命爆發的條件： (a) 經濟條件： 經濟分配不均是爆發革命的最基本條件 (b) 社會條件： (i) 政治觀念的衰退 (ii) 制度、風氣的敗壞 (iii) 社會不平等 (iv) 各階級間的矛盾 (v) 種族、宗教、地域的矛盾 (vi) 知識界的反叛 (c) 政治條件： (i) 對外來勢力支配統治的反抗、對立 (ii) 政府統治能力的衰退 (iii) 統治者的不統一與內部糾紛 (iv) 統治者拒絕妥協的僵化態度 (d) 政治文化： 人民對上述條件的認可程度與關心程度

In memory of Professor Minoru Nakano