Auxiliary Statements
Auxiliary Statements
Jack & Dan
47. Terror: Marx on the Limits of Political Revolution | Shlomo Avineri
1 hour 9 minutes Posted Sep 17, 2021 at 5:00 am.
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Boy revolutions can be a nasty business, eh? Especially that French one. It was kind of a pain in the neck, but once it was over it was a weight off of a lot of people's shoulders, am I right?
This week rotund podcast hosts Dan and Jack take a look at Marx's writings on the French Revolution in an effort to understand what political revolutions can and cannot accomplish. Is there ever a right time for revolution? Or will they always end in bloody tragedy?
Reading: "The French Revolution and the terror: the achievements and limits of political revolution" from The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx by Shlomo Avineri (1968)