Marija Krtolica

The term communism as used in the discussion refers to an idea, ideal state...Are we to the certain degree  looking back into the etymology of the word- and basing the  idea on the semantic value of the word found when discovering  its linguistic origins, or should the  idea be informed by its historical developments immediately? Communism as a conceptual entity, subjective expreience of the individuals who know it through popular culture, common experiential reality for those who share the hope for its realization, is informed by the  communism that has materialized in the political and institutional formations that have grown out of the idea (even  sometimes materialized its own contradiction)? There is perhaps a question about epistemological grounds. I am concerned with the social realities that are evoked when the word 'communism' is pronounced, and how they relate to the historicity of the term. What kinds of structures of knowledge are necessary to produce a  ground for the revival of the idea (what about the left that has moved away from communism; I am wondering about the historical impasses connected to the constructions of ideologies;  1) new ideas as opposite anti-thetical to the prevailing order 2) conflict 3) new organization followed by the inclusion of the opposite within a new organization of power. I am wondering about  the potentials in the negative residues, non-dialectical thought, how can they make appearance in the dialogue, when working with the language itself.