Reform and revolution can be both 'cerebral' and 'libidinal'....

Reference to the article:
Asia Times Online :: Love in a time of revolt

Oh, that time when the Filipino Ilustrados thrived in Europe in the late 19th century against Spanish colonialism.... Reform and revolution can be both "cerebral" and "libidinal" - thus entailing political and gender dimensions! Oh la la! ;)

"It is thus intriguing that the impetus that drove these men to seek reforms - and in the end inspiring an armed revolution against a Western colonial power, the first in Asia - was as much libidinal as cerebral."