Discipline: Political Science
Theory of revolution associated with the Cuban guerrilla leader and politician Che Guevara (1928-1967).
It is not necessary to wait until revolutionary conditions have developed, since a dedicated small group can ignite a revolution, thus creating both the uprising and the conditions which make it possible.
Foco theory thus goes further than either detonator theory or Leninism in its reliance on revolutionary elitism.
Source:
Roger Scruton, A Dictionary of Political Thought (London, 1982)