A History of Revolution
<p>Enzo Traverso talks to Adam Shatz about his new book on the history of revolutionary passions, images and ideas, from Haiti’s emancipatory slave rebellion in 1791 to Stalin’s top-down authoritarianism.&nbsp;Are revolutions, as Marx suggested, the ‘locomotives of history’, or, as Walter Benjamin saw it, the emergency brake? And what can modern political movements learn from their revolutionary forebears?</p><p>Find further reading on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/revolutionpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/revolutionpod</a></p><p>Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: <a href="https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b</a></p><p>Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Enzo Traverso talks to Adam Shatz about his new book on the history of revolutionary passions, images and ideas, from Haiti’s emancipatory slave rebellion in 1791 to Stalin’s top-down authoritarianism. Are revolutions, as Marx suggested, the ‘locomotives of history’, or, as Walter Benjamin saw it, the emergency brake? And what can modern political movements learn from their revolutionary forebears?
Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/revolutionpod
Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b
Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.