Journalist and political commentator Fareed Zakaria explores the nature of radical societal change, explains the nature of revolution and counter-revolution, and clarifies how radical change has come about.

Human societies are in a constant state of flux; for most of us, the world we are born into will look very different to the world we leave behind.

Often, societies change slowly over time; shifts are manageable and maybe even unobservable. Sometimes, however, change happens radically, quickly, and totally.

These revolutions have been occurring more frequently since the 1500s, and every one has had its opponents.

Fareed Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and political commentator who works with CNN and The Washington Post.

In his 2024 book, Age of Revolutions, Zakaria provides a sweeping history of the revolutions that have brought us to the modern era.

From political to economic to social, Zakaria deconstructs the huge impacts of revolutions past and present and explains the cyclical nature of history through its most epic flashpoints.