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Hellas, Multiplied By Communism

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  • Alexei Gloukhov

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

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The rebirth of communism, as shown by a new wave of publications (A. Badiou, B. Groys, S. Zizek), disqualifies the historical peculiarity of the Soviet experience in favor of the eternal “idea of communism”, originating in the works of the Ancient Greek philosopher, Plato. It is an ironic reversal of the fates suffered by the studies of Antiquity after the Russian Revolution. Apparently, the present day supra-historical idealism and the old school historical materialism exclude each other. On the other hand, an analysis of Soviet cultural politics from the 1920-30s may demonstrate that those radical theoretical stances were presented as distinct practical phases in the same changing experience of communism. A repudiation of the Soviet past brings for the current rebirth of communism nothing other than the hiding of ugly practical problems behind theoretical purity.

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  • Alexei Gloukhov, 2014. "Hellas, Multiplied By Communism," HSE Working papers WP BRP 60/HUM/2014, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:60hum2014
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    communism; cultural politics; Russian revolution; Soviet experience; Antiquity; Plato;
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