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Title: Revolucija, vojna, genocid : Domenico Losurdo in boj proti hladnovojnemu revizionizmu Authors: ID Kušej, Arne (Author) Files: PDF - Presentation file, download (232,88 KB) MD5: 4EE190059CD75493AD69684C3C53F595   URL - Source URL, visit https://ckz.si/publikacije/znanstveni-clanki/revolucija-vojna-genocid-domenico-losurdo-in-boj-proti-hladnovojnemu-revizionizmu   Language: Slovenian Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article Organization: IČKZ - Institute for the Journal for the Critique of Science Abstract: Prispevek obravnava hladnovojni zgodovinopisni revizionizem Françoisa Fureta, Richarda Pipesa in Ernsta Nolteja kot specifičen interpretativni projekt, katerega osrednji cilj je delegitimirati moderno revolucionarno tradicijo in jo predstaviti kot temeljni vir nasilja 20. stoletja. Analiza izhaja iz marksistične kritike italijanskega filozofa Domenica Losurda, ki revizionizma ne razume kot nevtralne reinterpretacije preteklosti, temveč kot politično motiviran diskurz, tesno povezan z ideološkimi boji hladne vojne. Članek pokaže, kako revizionistične teorije totalitarizma z izenačevanjem komunizma, fašizma in nacizma vzpostavljajo ostro ločnico med domnevno »normalnim« liberalnim Zahodom in »totalitarnimi ekscesi«, pri čemer sistematično izključujejo kolonializem in imperialistično nasilje iz jedra moderne zgodovine. V treh vsebinskih sklopih prispevek najprej analizira revizionistično obravnavo revolucije kot izvornega »totalitarnega« pojava, nato pojem »mednarodne državljanske vojne«, s katerim se nacistično in fašistično nasilje interpretira kot obrambno reakcijo na boljševiško grožnjo, nazadnje pa še revizionistično razumevanje genocida, ki izničenje manjvrednih rasnih sovražnikov ločuje od zgodovine liberalnega Zahoda. Losurdova kritika pokaže, da so ključne prakse totalne vojne in genocida nastajale v kolonialnem okviru liberalnih držav ter da nacistični projekt ne pomeni radikalnega preloma, temveč prenos in radikalizacijo kolonialnega nasilja v Evropi. Keywords: revizionizem, totalitarizem, mednarodna državljanska vojna, kolonializem, liberalizem Publication version: Version of Record Publication date: 01.01.2026 Year of publishing: 2025 Number of pages: str. 85-105 Numbering: Vol. 53, št. 296 PID: 20.500.12556/DiRROS-28291  UDC: 141.8 ISSN on article: 0351-4285 COBISS.SI-ID: 267356931  Publication date in DiRROS: 17.03.2026 Views: 47 Downloads: 32 Metadata:    Cite this work Plain text BibTeX EndNote XML EndNote/Refer RIS ABNT ACM Ref AMA APA Chicago 17th Author-Date Harvard IEEE ISO 690 MLA Vancouver : Copy citation

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Title:	Časopis za kritiko znanosti, domišljijo in novo antropologijo
Shortened title:	ČKZ
Publisher:	Inštitut Časopis za kritiko znanosti
Year of publishing:	2025
ISSN:	0351-4285

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Language:	English
Title:	Revolution, War, Genocide : Domenico Losurdo and the Struggle against Cold-War Revisionism
Abstract:	This article examines Cold War historiographical revisionism in the works of François Furet, Richard Pipes, and Ernst Nolte as a distinct interpretive project aimed at delegitimizing the modern revolutionary tradition by presenting it as the primary source of twentieth-century violence. Drawing on the Marxist critique developed by the Italian philosopher Domenico Losurdo, revisionism is approached not as a neutral re-evaluation of the past, but as a politically motivated discourse deeply embedded in the ideological struggles of the Cold War. The article shows how revisionist theories of totalitarianism, by equating communism, fascism, and Nazism, construct a sharp divide between a supposedly “normal” liberal West and “totalitarian excesses”, while systematically excluding colonialism and imperial violence from the core narrative of modern history. Organized into three sections, the article first analyzes the revisionist portrayal of revolution as an originary “totalitarian” phenomenon. It then examines the concept of “international civil war”, through which Nazi and fascist violence is framed as a defensive response to the Bolshevik threat. Finally, it addresses revisionist conceptions of genocide that detach the annihilation of racially constructed enemies from the historical experience of the liberal West. Losurdo’s critique demonstrates that key practices of total war and genocide emerged within the colonial framework of liberal states and that the Nazi project did not represent a radical rupture, but rather the transfer and radicalization of colonial violence within Europe.
Keywords:	revisionism, totalitarianism, internal civil war, colonialism, liveralisma

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