Rivoluzione! Storia di un’idea che ha trasformato il mondo

Revolutions are the breath of History. The idea that ignites them, the desire to transform the world, remains the only fiery utopia that continues to seduce mankind. Thinking about the overthrow of the existing order inevitably directs our gaze toward the definition of an image of the future. Revolution is a break in the ordinary flow of days, a promise of happiness, a search for salvation. It offers the guarantee of being able to escape the past. From the revolts of antiquity to the discovery of Reason as the supreme guide to action and the overturning of a pre-established order; from the French Revolution to the assertive rise of Marxism, and then naturally to the Soviet October Revolution and the greatest revolutionary of all time, Lenin, Pagani reconstructs the complex and adventurous history of the idea that founded Modernity. Without ever fearing to recognize its poisonous ambiguity: the ambition to improve human life can, unfortunately, produce its opposite. The philosophical narrative of these pages rehabilitates the most vertiginous ideal and political trajectory that has ever crossed the history of humankind in society.