Liebknecht

Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Karl Liebknecht briefly but regularly, from 2016 to 2026, and almost always in connection with his death. He presents him as the Spartacist leader murdered in Berlin together with Rosa Luxemburg1. He stresses the circumstances: a leader "liquidated in the street" while power was in the hands of the socialists. In a 2026 session on Europe and war, he specifies that Liebknecht was lynched in the street as a "leftist"2. In the series on Lenin, he places him politically: founder of the KPD and companion of Rosa Luxemburg, he held, in Pagani's view, an almost Bolshevik position3. The name comes up in sessions on various subjects: lockdown, aesthetics and politics, the apocalypse, the relevance of Michel Clouscard today. There it is almost always linked to that of Rosa Luxemburg, and he refers to these two communist leaders killed together4.

1. 1Who is hiding beneath the surfaces? Aesthetics and politics20 May 2022 · 13:43
2. 2Their “Europe” means war28 Feb 2026 · 48:07
3. 3#2 Lenin, or the wings of dreams18 Apr 2021 · 11:37
4. 4Neo-fascism and the ideology of desire: is Michel Clouscard still relevant?23 May 2026 · 1:30:15

Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.