Revolutionary failure and utopia: William Morris and the Paris Commune
European Journal of Social Theory
Published online on November 10, 2025
Abstract
European Journal of Social Theory, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 483-506, August 2026.
What constitutes revolutionary failure, and how, if at all, can the utopian imagination reanimate unfulfilled revolutionary dreams and aspirations? In this essay I aim to demonstrate the inadequacy of commonly accepted accounts of revolutionary ‘success’ ...
What constitutes revolutionary failure, and how, if at all, can the utopian imagination reanimate unfulfilled revolutionary dreams and aspirations? In this essay I aim to demonstrate the inadequacy of commonly accepted accounts of revolutionary ‘success’ ...