About a defeated left: aftermath, defeats and memory in the 20th Century

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https://doi.org/10.24302/prof.v12.5930

Abstract

This article seeks to elaborate on some elements that could provide a framework for the reasons for the defeat of the political left in the contemporary world. To this end, it mobilizes some notions dear to modernity: progress, acceleration and revolution. It aims to establish a zone of dialogue between Traverso's hypotheses regarding melancholy, a historical characteristic of the left, and Berardi's ideas that point to the present as a reality without a future. Perhaps the key to interpreting the historical defeat of the left, which has lasted forty years, lies in this articulation.

Key words: political left; progress; acceleration; future; defeat.

Author Biographies

  • Raphael Guazzelli Valerio, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Doutor em Educação (Unesp). Departamento de Fundamentos Sociofilosóficos da Educação e Programa de Pós-Graduação em História – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Recife. Pernambuco. Brasil. 

  • Gabriel de Moura Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Mestrando em História (UFPE). Programa de Pós-Graduação em História – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Recife. Pernambuco. Brasil. 

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2025-06-23

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Vol. 12 (2025)

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VALERIO, Raphael Guazzelli; CAVALCANTI, Gabriel de Moura. About a defeated left: aftermath, defeats and memory in the 20th Century. Profanações, [S. l.], v. 12, p. 442–461, 2025. DOI: 10.24302/prof.v12.5930. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unc.br/index.php/prof/article/view/5930. Acesso em: 1 jul. 2025.