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Space And Revolution: Urban Gentrification On Occupy Philly’s Dilworth Plaza

Posted on April 8, 2014 by C

Eric Hobsbawn in “Cities and Insurrections” famously marks the impacts of city structures on the formation and efficacy of revolutionary mobilization. For him, certain structures render power centers vulnerable by bringing different classes together in such ways that would allow … Continue reading →

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An Incomparably Simple Horror: Arendt’s Leninism

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Dave Mesing

The name Lenin marks an obscure passage in the work of Hannah Arendt. On the one hand, Arendt’s comments on Lenin in The Origins of Totalitarianism are mostly even-keeled, and occasionally positive, despite the fact that Lenin casts a large … Continue reading →

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Optional Material: The Marx-Engles Reader

Posted on March 4, 2014 by crupert

Introduction This exposé is a critique of Marxist revolutionary thought, as presented in the “Manifesto of the Communist Party,” [i] “The Possibility of Non-Violent Revolution,”[ii] “After the Revolution: Marx Debates Bakunin,”[iii] “The Class Struggles in France, 1848-1850,”[iv] and “The Eighteenth … Continue reading →

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The Social Question as the Follow-up Question

Posted on February 15, 2014 by crupert

I detect a consensus opinion in class, concluding that Arendt’s answer to the social question in On Revolution is to “leave it alone.”  I would like to offer a dissenting opinion, but before I do, I want to address a … Continue reading →

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A Discourse on the Working Definition of Revolution

Posted on January 31, 2014 by crupert

I wanted to start this blog entry with the hope of creating a continuing discourse on the working definition of revolution proposed in class.  I asked Dr. Rockhill for the exact wording of the following definition, which he put forward … Continue reading →

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I’m just sharing this with everyone as it seems relevant.  I think however Mr. Reich reveals in his three reasons but one cause and a minor one at that.  I cut and pasted the article in its entirety below from … Continue reading →

Posted on January 27, 2014 by crupert | 2 Comments