A Hundred Years that Troubled the Soul... The October Revolution as a Sacred Object

Abstract

The Russian Revolution continues to unsettle the minds. Although it is undeniably Russian in terms of its location, agents, and tragic consequences, it is of global relevance due to its rootedness in a monotheistic interpretative framework, irrespective of the question if thatframework became “secular" or “immanent." Even if we adopt a “sober" retrospective outlook, the Russian Revolution, like its American and French counterparts, continues to organize the way we perceive history, politics, and religion.