«A Dangerous Idealist Ahead of His Time»: What Robespierre and Navalny Have in Common
Robespierre was a utopian who believed in lofty ideals and the possibility of free and just social change. This moral dimension of politics is almost an axiom underlying any discourse about revolution. Yet, his main «civil religion» remained faith in human virtue. That very idealism in politics is so lacking today.
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