Abstract

GAMBOA ROCABADO, Franco. One hundred years from October 1917: Revolutions as ambiguous and costly routes. Rev Cien Cult [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.38, pp.123-145. ISSN 2077-3323.

Drawing upon sociological and historical interpretative frameworks, this article establishes that the Russian Revolution (which is analyzed in comparison with other similar processes that occurred in France, China, and other countries) is completed exhausted as a historical model of social and political transformation. It is argued that political forces from the left are unable to keep supporting revolutionary believes because they were trapped in the middle of discredit and historical disappointments. The Russian Revolution degenerated in ideological fictions, making us see that the armed struggle could end in big failures, which historically bring about a high human cost and few benefits of valuable transformation. Its final disappearance with the fall of the Berlin Wall, activated the emergence of a postmodern version of Socialism in the Twenty First Century, which is more cynical, vote-catching and corrupt. The article finishes stating that the dichotomy left-right is useless and obsolete in front of the emergence of new challenges such as the threats against the environment, climate change, ethnic and religious conflicts.

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