Abstract:
In this article we attempt to demonstrate the
timeliness of the political teachings of the Paris
Commune. In the traditional Political Science
literature, and partly also in the Marxist literature,
the Commune has been used as a parameter to
evaluate the revolutionary quality of states. But
the Commune also offers a measuring stick for
the weaknesses and failures of “actually existing
democracies” in capitalist societies, contributing in
this way to demonstrate the democratic fetichism
that holds up liberal democracy as the only possible
democratic organizational model for the state.
Keywords: Paris Commune..
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