Revolution: Complexity in Concept, Diversity in Instance

Revolution is an extraordinary phenomenon in the development trend of societies. Complexity, multi-dimentionality and multilayerdness in concept and diversity in its origin, process and instance are among its features. Another feature is that there is noconsensus and agreement over a specific and acceptable definition for all schools of thought and approaches. Reviewing these characteristics in this article, the author tries toachieve a comprehensive definition from educational point of view so that when they encounter definitions, students and researchers can have a primary and relatively clear image of the concept. Finally an image of revolution model will be presented fromMarxist and Islamic viewpoint.