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For Peter Watkins (1935-2025)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

History is the object of a construction whose place is formed not in homogenous and empty time, but in that which is fulfilled by the here-and-now [Jetztzeit]. For Robespierre, Roman antiquity was a past charged with the here-and-now, which he … Continue reading →

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The Paris Commune: In film

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

The Paris Commune of 1871 will have a life well beyond the historical events that mark the moment, politically, but also in various forms of artistic-political expression. The examples are many (music, poetry, literature, and so on), but in this … Continue reading →

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