What can contemporary activists and political theorists learn from the life and work of rosa luxemburg. Rosa luxemburg simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosa luxemburg was the youngest of five children of a lower middleclass jewish family in russianruled poland. Luxemburg, rosa 18711919, socialist activist rosa luxemburg was one of the great intellects and militants of pre1914 european socialism. Unlike many revolutionaries, rosa luxemburg led an intense and rewarding private life, to which the author tried to do justice. Rosa luxemburgs jewishness, her gender, her astounding intellect and independence, even her limp, all served to make her. With this unique collection of short essays, we hope to truly remix rosas body of work, carrying forward her indomitable spirit and invaluable political and economic theories for a new generation. Nov 03, 2015 rosa luxemburg and the struggle for democratic renewal. Rosa luxemburg was a polish marxist, philosopher, economist, antiwar activist and. Rosa luxemburg and the struggle for democratic renewal on jstor. Jan 08, 2019 unlike many revolutionaries, rosa luxemburg led an intense and rewarding private life, to which the author tried to do justice.
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Rosa luxemburg and the struggle for democratic renewal. She was successively a member of the social democracy of the kingdom of poland and lithuania, the social democratic party of germanyspd, the independent. She made a remarkable contribution to socialist theory and practice, yet her legacy remains in dispute. Roza luksemburg was a marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and activist of polish jewish descent who became a naturalized german citizen. The letters of rosa luxemburg books pics download new. Describes her background in poland and experience of discrimination against jews. Rosa luxemburg was born on march 5, 1871, in poland, which was at the time controlled by russia. Elzbieta ettinger focuses on the personal life of rosa luxemburg 18701919, the jewish socialist revolutionary. Rosa luxemburgs writings continue to be relevant the rosa luxemburg reader will aptly serve to introduce her perceptive commentaries to a whole new generation of social and political activists. Critiques of rosa luxemburg marxists internet archive. Practicality in the national question russian revolutionary, critical of luxemburg on the need for a dictatorship of the party of the proletariat, wrote in debate on the question of selfdetermination. Successively, she was a member of the social democracy of the kingdom of poland and lithuania sdkpil. Rosa luxemburg s most popular book is reform or revolution. Rosa luxemburg s theoretical masterpiece this collection is the first of three volumes of the complete works devoted to the central theme of rosa luxemburg s life and workrevolution spanning the years 1897 to the end.
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