The new debate on communism requires exploring two essential distinctions: the distinction between a political and a philosophical term, and the distinction between experimental and governmental communism. This twofold division, this article argues, has a contemporary urgency, which is based on an assessment of the sixties as well as on the assessment of the historical experience of modern communism that, in turn, the political configuration of the sixties motivates us to make
Communism: An Idea to Be Divided / Alessandro, Russo. - In: THE SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY. - ISSN 0038-2876. - STAMPA. - 113:4(2014), pp. 729-742. [10.1215/00382876-2803613]
Communism: An Idea to Be Divided
RUSSO, ALESSANDRO
2014
Abstract
The new debate on communism requires exploring two essential distinctions: the distinction between a political and a philosophical term, and the distinction between experimental and governmental communism. This twofold division, this article argues, has a contemporary urgency, which is based on an assessment of the sixties as well as on the assessment of the historical experience of modern communism that, in turn, the political configuration of the sixties motivates us to makeI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
