Revolution between Ideology, History and Philosophy: World Imperialism
Dean Komel
- Vol. 20, Iss: 1, pp 197-226
TLDR
In this article, the authors address the problem of the October Revolution and revolution as such in its historical, ideological and philosophical aspects, and the unity of all three aspects and their mutual permeation is reflected in the question how the event of the revolution is inscribed into the history of the 20th century, considering that the latter was largely written by this event itself.Abstract:
The paper addresses the problem of the October Revolution and revolution as such in its historical, ideological and philosophical aspects. The unity of all three aspects and their mutual permeation is reflected in the question how the event of the October Revolution is inscribed into the history of the 20th century, considering that the latter was largely written by this event itself. Being more than just an intra-historical event, revolution presupposes the transformation of history. Thus one needs to ask: What enables a self-transforming history? There is no supernatural force involved: it is rather that the subjectivity of society perceives history and the whole world as space for its own expansion and participation in power. In the context of world history as a self-establishing social power, even communism finally proves to be what it allegedly fights against: world imperialism.
The thesis is based on Ivo Urbancic’s essay from 1971, ‘Lenin’s philosophy’ or Imperialism, and on recent discussions about the possibility of revolution today, which is mentioned in the last part of the article. The rampant imperial expansionism of society as subjectivity must give us pause with the question how there can persist a hope in the meaningfulness of humanity. Does anyone dare to offer resistance, perhaps to launch a revolution?read more
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