| Rosa Luxemburg: Writings and Reflections Contributor(s): Luxemburg, Rosa (Editor), Blanc, Paul Le (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1573927295 ISBN-13: 9781573927291 Publisher: Humanities Press Intl OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: An advocate of radical democracy and individual responsibility, Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) remains the most eminent representative of the libertarian socialist tradition. A reevaluation and renewal within the Left has allowed the ideas of Luxemburg to assume greater vitality and relevance today than ever before. This volume provides an essential representative sampling of Luxemburg's luminous and often exciting writings that have generally not been among those commonly anthologized. That she had a powerful impact on every generation of the 20th century is documented in the accompanying essays, which include scholarly reflections, comradely arguments, and even a loving reminiscence. Active in labor and social movements for many years, Paul Le Blanc explains here that the socialism that animated Luxemburg as a thinker and revolutionary activist involved a vision of a society in which our economic resources would be socially owned, democratically controlled, and utilized for the benefit of all people. Luxemburg was convinced this goal could be realized only through the struggles of the working class majority. The truth Luxemburg sought -- popular sovereignty, rule by the people, democracy -- was lost in the decades following her 1919 martyrdom. Among the selections from Luxemburg are "Martinique, " "The Problem of the Nationality Question and Autonomy" (excerpts), "Rebuilding the International, " "The Accumulation of Capital, " "Letters from Prison, " and "What are the Leaders Doing?" Included are essa by Lelio Basso, Claire Cohen, Raya Dunayevskaya, Andrea Nye, and Luise Kautsky. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 335.430 |
| LCCN: 99042498 |
| Series: Revolutionary Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.98" W x 9.14" (0.8 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An advocate of radical democracy and individual responsibility, Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) remains the most eminent representative of the libertarian socialist tradition. A reevaluation and renewal within the Left has allowed the ideas of Luxemburg to assume greater vitality and relevance today than ever before. This volume provides an essential representative sampling of Luxemburg's writings that have generally not been among those commonly anthologized. That she had a powerful impact on every generation of the 20th century is documented in the accompanying essays, which include scholarly reflections, comradely arguments, and even a loving reminiscence. Paul Le Blanc, who has been active in labor and social movements for many years, explains that the socialism that animated Luxemburg as a thinker and revolutionary activist involved a vision of society in which our economic resources would be socially owned, democratically controlled, and utilized for the benefit of all people. Luxemburg was convinced this goal could only be realized through the struggles of the working-class majority. The goals Luxemburg sought-popular sovereignty, rule by the people, democracy-were lost in the decades following her 1919 martyrdom. Among the selections from Luxemburg are "Martinique," "The Problem of the Nationality Question and Autonomy (excerpts)," "Rebuilding the International," "The Accumulation of Capital," "Letters from Prison," and "What Are the Leaders Doing?" Included are essays by Lelio Basso, Claire Cohen, Raya Dunayevskaya, Luise Kautsky, and Andrea Nye. |