the islamic revolution helped develop a new discourse and semantic system. one of the methods to study or analyze the political phenomena is critical discourse analysis namely, that of laclau and mouffe›s discourse, the most pertinent. this article examines its main question whether the values of the islamic revolution concepts and identity are constructed, spread and articulated according to l...

This paper places America's "war on drugs" in perspective in order to develop a new metaphor for control of drug misuse. A brief and focused history of America's experience with substance use and substance use policy over the past several hundred years provides background and a framework to compare the current Pharmacological Revolution with America's Nineteenth Century Industrial Revolution. T...

This paper reviews an important period in the use of cryptographic methods in Mexican History, the Mexican Revolution from 1910–1916. As is the case in any civil war, there were many groups in conflict. Among several leaders in theMexican Revolution, it is worth mentioning Porfirio Dı́az, Francisco I. Madero and Venustiano Carranza. They represent three main groups which used characteristic cryp...

revolution theoreticians have declared contending and approximately incompatible theories, caused in bewilderment among concerned field enthusiasts. as a result, some have intended to categorize these theories till reduce bewilderment, and make them easier to study. one of these theoreticians is jack goldstone who at first categorized theories of revolution into three generations. but after the...

after islamic revolution of 1979, the left wing had a new sphere to act in political eras, and overcastted on the other groups, but as soon as possible, the unreligious left leaved the political scene of iran after revolution. it seems the religious groups –as the only legal political actors- are integrated under “islamic republic party” but so soon, we saw the distinction between them all. jus...

O ensaio investiga as representações da Revolução Haitiana, sobretudo imagens publicadas em livros e periódicos, que construíram um imaginário colonial morte do sofrimento negro, invertendo os termos dominação racial − como se maiores vítimas tivessem sido pessoas brancas. Ao analisar gravuras de ampla circulação, Marlene L. Daut demonstra essa construção estética bestializou deturpou significa...