Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg Volume V, Political Writings 3: On Revolution - 1910–1919

Luxemburg, Rosa; Helen C. Scott and Paul Le Blanc (eds); Jacob Blumenfeld, Mathias Foit, Nicholas Gray, Henry Holland, Zachary King, Manuela Kölke (trans)

ISBN 10: 1784782815 / ISBN 13: 9781784782818

Published by Verso Books, New York, NY, 2024

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512 pp. Tightly bound. Light ding to the top right corner front board. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. Printed boards. The boards no longer show as glossy as when new. Remainder mark bottom fore-edge. First Edition / First Printing of this 2024 Verso publication. 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg Volume V, Political Writings 3: On Revolution - 1910?1919
• Publisher: Verso Books, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784782815
• ISBN 13: 9781784782818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Published Without Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

This volume is the first to contain all of Luxemburg’s eloquent writings on the 1917 Russian Revolution and 1918-19 German Revolution

This volume is the first to contain all of Luxemburg’s eloquent writings on the 1917 Russian and 1918-19 German Revolutions. It also contains articles, essays and manuscripts on the European socialist movement prior to World War I and her effort to rebuild the socialist movement on revolutionary foundations in its aftermath.

Much of this material appears in English for the first time. Her incisive contributions on revolutionary strategy, the German and Russian Revolutions, and the transition to socialism reveal a profound commitment to radical democracy, which becomes evident as she elaborates on her lived experience with razor-sharp conceptualizations of the mass strike.Her democratic commitment is also highlighted in her deepening conflict with the bureaucratic conservatism afflicting the German Social Democratic Party.

She is horrified yet at the same time grimly analytical while surveying the unfolding violence and brutality of the First World War.Deeply inspired by Russia’s 1917 upsurge, she is nonetheless compelled to analyze and criticize fatal limitations of the Russian Revolution.

Swept up in the revolutionary chaos sweeping through Germany in 1918-1919 which results in her own martyrdom, she gives voice to revolution’s final testament: “I was, I am, I shall be.”

About the Author

Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was a Polish-Jewish revolutionary and one of the greatest theoretical minds of the European socialist movement. An activist in Germany and Poland, she authored numerous classic works in economics and politics, and is widely considered a foremost proponent of radical democracy. She was assassinated in January 1919 and has become a heroine of socialist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements around the world.